
Interior Department promises help for coal communities
March 1 (UPI) -- The Biden administration announced Monday more than $ 260 million available to assist communities struggling with the decreased demand for coal. The Interior Department said more than $ 152.22 million is now available through the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act's Abandoned Mine Land grant program. The department said it will also distribute $ 115 million through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grant program. Advertisement "The Abandoned Mine Land grant programs provide an important opportunity to revitalize local economies, support jobs and address environmental impacts to communities from these legacy developments," the Interior Department's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Daniel Davis said in a statement. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., c...