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	"author_name": "Appalachian Voices Action Alerts",
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	"title": "Defend federal progress on community investments",
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	"description": "Members of Congress are currently negotiating spending bills that are responsible for funding crucial agencies and programs to help communities transition to clean energy, clean up abandoned mine lands, and protect coal miners from black lung disease. We’ve made enormous progress in recent years to uplift disadvantaged communities – but now Congress is considering huge cuts to those programs. Proposed government spending bills currently under consideration would cut funding for clean energy programs and increase energy costs for rural communities, make it easier for coal companies to get away with not reclaiming mines and putting miners’ health at risk, and gut economic development programs for struggling rural communities. Specifically, we’re advocating for: Full funding ($447 million) for the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s budget, particularly to increase inspections at coal mines to help protect miners from silica dust that causes black lung disease and other hazards; Full funding ($301.9 million) for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to ensure coal companies are properly reclaiming mines; $200 million to continue funding the Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program; $32 million for the USDA’s Rural Partners Network to enable the agency to expand the program to more states; $165 million for the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program; Retention of all funding in the Empowering Rural America program and Rural Energy for America Program; $5 million for the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative; Full funding ($498 million) for the Economic Development Administration; Continued funding ($500 million) for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program. Our communities deserve these protections and investments! Tell your legislators: Don’t pull the rug out from under our communities!",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/defend-federal-progress-on-community-investments"
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