House Committee Approves $1 Billion RECLAIM Act
After months of grassroots momentum building behind the RECLAIM Act, the House Natural Resources Committee strengthened and approved the bill during a markup this week. The…
ACLC Clients Featured in Smithsonian.com Article ‘Why Black Lung Disease is Deadlier Than Ever Before’
ACLC Clients William McCool and Michael Wilson were prominently featured in Maya Wei-Haas’s in-depth article for Smithsonian.com about the deadly resurgence of black lung disease in the…
Spending bill includes significant victories for coal miners and Appalachian communities
Since 2015, communities in Appalachia have been calling for specific legislation that would assist coal miners and help diversify and strengthen local economies experiencing mass layoffs…
ACLC Quoted in Bloomberg Report About States Eliminating Coal Mine Inspections
Bloomberg BNA published a special report about the disturbing trend of coal mining states scaling back their mine inspection programs. ACLC weighed in on Kentucky’s drastic reduction in…
ACLC Client Carlos Combs Featured in NY Times Story
ACLC client Carlos Combs was featured in Hiroko Tabuchi’s May 2, 2017 article in the New York Times titled “Coal Jobs Prove Lucrative, but Not for…
