Author: Bobby Hughes

Bobby Hughes is the Executive Director for EPCAMR since the inception of the organization in 1997. For more information please visit his biography page.

EPCAMR, Launches Fundraiser and Premier Event for Children’s Environmental Education Videos and Curriculum

[Ashley, PA] – Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR), a nonprofit organization dedicated to lessening the impacts of abandoned mines on the environment, is launching a fundraiser and premier event for EPCAMR’s latest educational children’s videos and their accompanying curriculum about abandoned mine drainage (AMD) in Northeast Pennsylvania. The short films…

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The Just Transition Fund Awards EPCAMR $25K Planning and Outreach Grant to Reach New Partners in the Solar Markets to Discuss Future Development Opportunities on Reclaimed Abandoned Mine Lands in PA Coalfield Communities

EPCAMR tried for a second time to propose a grant to The Just Transition Fund’s Cycle 2 round of funding in the Fall of 2021 for a planning and outreach effort to build our capacity for supporting efforts across PA to look into the solar market development in our coalfield…

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