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 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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