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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The Surface Mining Reclamation Control Act Amendments of 2019 authorizes 15-year extension and the RECLAIM Act Passes the House as part of H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act

Yesterday, the Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act Amendments Act of 2019 (H.R. 4248) passed that would authorize the Department of the Interior to reauthorize the fee supporting the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Trust Fund: reimburse states and tribal governments from the fund for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control,…

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