Abandoned Mine Lands Fund
As Congress reconvenes this month, the Pennsylvania AML Campaign is calling on the House and Senate to reauthorize funding for cleanup of abandoned mine lands. The program that funds reclamation of abandoned mine sites is scheduled to expire next year, unless Congress passes S.2616, a bill with astonishing support from mine workers, environmentalists, coal companies, and hunting and fishing groups.
- AML Coalition Tells Congress: Your Job’s Not Done – Reauthorize, This Year, Legislation to Clean Up Dangerous Abandoned Mine Land (Business Wire)
A recent newspaper article from the Altoona Mirror spotlights the role that AML Fund Reauthorization would have in cleaning up abandoned mine sites in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
- Abandoned mine sites endangering Blair (Altoona Mirror)