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
Miners with black lung & families to Manchin: “We’re counting on you, Joe”
CONTACT: Trey Pollard – trey@pollardcommunications.com – 202-904-9187 Dan Radmacher – dan@appvoices.org – (540) 798-6683 CHARLESTON, WV – Today, in front of the West Virginia Coal Miners Memorial in Charleston, leaders from the Black Lung Association launched a new statewide campaign…
POSTPONED: Miners with black lung launch two weeks of demonstrations urging Sen. Capito to back 10-year extension of Black Lung Excise Tax
Contact Trey Pollard, 202-904-9187, trey@pollardcommunications.com Due to inclement weather and the increased risk it poses to people with black lung, these demonstrations have been postponed. This press release was updated at 11 a.m. on Dec. 6. CHARLESTON, WV — Today,…
TAGS: Appalachian Citizens Law Center Black Lung black lung association Black Lung Disability Trust Fund black lung excise tax Senator Joe Manchin Senator Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia
Coal Miners & Advocates Applaud Introduction of 10-Year Extension of Excise Tax for Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
CONTACT: Rebecca Shelton, Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, 859-893-0543, rshelton@aclc.org Chelsea Barnes, Appalachian Voices, 614-205-6424, chelsea@appvoices.org Trey Pollard, 202-904-9187, trey@pollardcommunications.com Please reach out if you’d like to speak to a local contact (policy expert, miner with black lung disease) about the…
TAGS: 117th Congress Black Lung Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Senator Bob Casey Senator Joe Manchin Senator Mark Warner Senator Sherrod Brown Senator Tim Kaine
Carbon Controversy: EPA Gathers Feedback on Emissions Rules
By Brian Sewell This fall, public listening sessions held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency served as an opportunity to influence future rules to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the centerpiece of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. Comments…
TAGS: Carbon Clean Air Act EPA gas emissions House Committee on Energy and Commerce Politics Senator Joe Manchin
Bills on the Hill
A Look at Environmental Happenings in Congress The Good Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act ( S. 805 / H.R. 1373): Introduced for the fourth time by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) since 29 miners were killed in the 2010…
TAGS: "Dirty Water Act" 2013 Farm Bill Clean Water Act Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act Coal Jobs Protection Act Coal Mine Safety Act Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act EPA Fair Play Act House Committee on Energy and Commerce Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act Representative David McKinley Representative John Mica Representative Shelley Moore Capito Rural Energy Savings Program Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Senator Jay Rockefeller Senator Joe Manchin Senator Mitch McConnell Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Supply Star U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Upper Big Branch mine disaster
