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Coal communities need a seat at the table for infrastructure spending, UMW president says By
Cecil Roberts
Appalachian states like West Virginia don’t have to like every aspect of a federal infrastructure bill, the president of the United Mine Workers union said, but the region should speak up to shape the benefits that may come.
“Are we gonna say we don’t want any of that $2 trillion because we don’t like Biden?” asked UMW President Cecil Roberts.
“If we can bring jobs to these communities, I’m all for it. My goal is to keep coal miners working and help as many people as we can in Appalachia while we’re at it.”
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VAGUE LANGUAGE FROM CHINA: The U.S. and China have set a tone for cooperating on climate change this decade, but Beijing is still holding off on delivering concrete near-term pledges ahead of President
Joe Biden’s big summit event later this week.
The world’s two largest emitters issued a broad but vague statement this past weekend after climate envoy
John Kerry’s last gasp China trip to meet with his counterpart
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA TODAY
Published 3:36 AM PDT Apr. 14, 2021 Updated 2:36 PM PDT Apr. 14, 2021
President Joe Biden wants cities to put more apartment buildings and multifamily units, such as converted garages, in areas traditionally zoned for single-family housing. As part of his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, cities would allow for smaller lots and for apartment buildings with fewer than six units to be built next to a traditional house.
Current zoning laws that favor single-family homes – known as exclusionary zoning – have disproportionately hurt low-income Americans. Many of them can’t afford to buy a big lot of land, leaving them trapped in crowded neighborhoods earmarked in the past for Black and brown residents, while white families were able to move to single-family areas in the suburbs.