The Daily Yonder The Biden Administration Promises to Clean Up Mine Land and Create Jobs in Appalachia. Here Are Some Steps It Can Take. A new administration brings potential to address Appalachia’s economic and environmental issues on a wider scale.
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A landslide near an abandoned mine site in Perry County, Kentucky. (Photo courtesy Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet)
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A century of fossil fuel extraction has left Appalachia environmentally and economically degraded. With the coal industry on its last leg and company bankruptcies piling up, taxes that fund crucial public services are drying up; unemployment and poverty are worsening; abandoned mines are polluting and endangering communities.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
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New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said he will nominate U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, D-New Mexico, to serve in his cabinet as secretary for the Department of the Interior.
On his presidential transition website, Biden refers to Haaland this way: âWill make history as the first Native American Interior Secretary and the first-ever Native American Cabinet Secretary.â
âIn 4 years, Trump failed Indian Country & only broke more promises. It was exacerbated by the Administrationâs failure to take this #pandemic seriously. Looking forward to turning the page on this dark chapter,â Haaland stated via Twitter on Thursday.
Haaland must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become interior secretary. The current occupant of the position in President Donald Trumpâs administration is David Bernhardt.
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Today
Cloudy skies. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 63F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph..
Tonight
A few passing clouds, otherwise generally clear. Low around 45F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: April 12, 2021 @ 11:58 am