US Federal Government to Fund Revitalization of Coal Community in Colorado
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Halaand has announced that the Biden administration will invest nearly $10 million per year into a coal revitalization fund for coal communities in Colorado. The Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda will provide the funding as part of efforts to revitalize abandoned coal lands and create new job opportunities for former Colorado coal communities. A statement from Halaand noted that “far too many” neighborhoods and waterways in rural America continue to suffer the effects of legacy pollution. As with many other American states, Colorado owes a great deal of its growth to its history…