Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 2:54:08 GMT -6
President Obama’s proposed spending plan for the next government budget yet again includes programs aimed at helping the economy in coalfield communities that are struggling as the mining industry continues to decline.
The White House on Tuesday released the president’s budget proposals for the 2017 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
Obama included in the proposals money for economic diversification programs, worker retraining efforts, the cleanup of abandoned mine sites and research aimed at finding workable ways to control the carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
The administration also is again proposing efforts to strengthen the troubled health care and pension plans that provide benefits to thousands of retired coal miners and their families.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160209/obama-budget-includes-proposed-help-for-coalfields
The White House on Tuesday released the president’s budget proposals for the 2017 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
Obama included in the proposals money for economic diversification programs, worker retraining efforts, the cleanup of abandoned mine sites and research aimed at finding workable ways to control the carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
The administration also is again proposing efforts to strengthen the troubled health care and pension plans that provide benefits to thousands of retired coal miners and their families.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160209/obama-budget-includes-proposed-help-for-coalfields