Virginia legislators sent a letter to Sens. Kaine and Warner supporting a budget reconciliation package under negotiation that invests $555 billion in climate and clean energy.
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Virginia state lawmakers call on U.S. Senate to pass climate reconciliation bill
TAGS: budget reconciliation Climate change Congress Senator Joe Manchin Senator Mark Warner Senator Tim Kaine Virginia General Assembly
Groups urge Biden and Congress to ensure climate action helps coal-impacted communities
Congress is working on a clean-energy package. Groups across Appalachia want to make sure these investments benefit communities long hurt by coal and power plant pollution improve their economic fortunes.
TAGS: budget reconciliation clean energy Climate change energy transition jobs just transition manufacturing
Appalachian groups urge Biden, Congress to ensure climate action helps energy transition communities
APPALACHIA — Today, dozens of Appalachian organizations and national partners submitted a letter to President Joe Biden, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to make sure that a budget reconciliation package under negotiation in Congress targets climate action spending in ways that help communities in coal-impacted Appalachia and elsewhere benefit from the transition to a clean-energy economy.
