Chart displays how Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding several environmental issues in February and March.
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Environmental Votetracker — Oct/Nov 2017 issue
How Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding several environmental issues in August and September.
Environmental Votetracker — April/May 2017
How Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding several environmental issues in February and March.
Trump’s Would-Be Coal Comeback Faces Long Odds
President-elect Donald Trump has expressed his support of the coal industry. Less clear is how he will attempt to revive the struggling sector — or how he will confront the collateral damage to human health, the environment and the climate that could result.
Environmental Votetracker — June/July 2016
See how Appalachian congressional representatives voted on several environmental issues during April and May 2016.
RECLAIMing Central Appalachia
A rare bipartisan proposal aims to tackle two pressing issues related to the flailing coal industry — the need for new economic opportunities in central Appalachia and repairing environmental damage from decades of mining.
TAGS: abandoned mine lands Appalachian politics economic development Economic diversification Power-Plus POWER+ Plan RECLAIM Act reclamation
Environmental Votetracker — April/May 2016
See how Appalachian congressional representatives voted on several environmental issues during February and March 2016.
Environmental Votetracker – Feb/March 2016
See how Appalachian congressional representatives voted on several environmental issues in December 2015 and January 2016.
How Congress Controls Regional Spending
The federal appropriations process determines how much funding is allocated to specific agencies, and could have big implications for efforts to protect Appalachian streams from mining and efforts to support a more diverse and sustainable regional economy.
TAGS: 114th Congress Appalachian politics federal budget POWER+ Plan STREAM Act Stream Protection Rule
Appalachia’s Environmental Votetracker – Dec. 2015/Jan. 2016
See how Appalachian congressional representatives voted on several environmental issues during fall 2015.
TAGS: 114th Congress Appalachian Legislators Appalachian politics energy policy environmental policy
