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Image Source: Haydencolorado.com The Town of Hayden, CO, received $5.2 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration in 2022 for a regional industrial park that town leaders hope will retain and expand local businesses following the closure of the Hayden Station coal-fired power plant. In April 2024, the Town of Hayden […]
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(Courtesy of Madisonville Community College) Madisonville Community College’s (MCC) Lineman Training program is meeting the demand for electrical industry workers in Western Kentucky. In 2017, MCC was the recipient of a Delta Regional Authority (DRA) grant that provided resources for the creation of a lineman training program to serve the current and future employment and
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(Image sourced from CBS) Decades of decline in the coal industry have led to job loss, economic challenges and disinvestment across West Virginia, a state that powered America for generations. The Appalachian Climate Technologies Coalition (ACT Now Coalition) — a collaboration among key West Virginia cities, economic revitalization organizations, leading academic institutions and private sector
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The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization (Energy Communities IWG) is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to create good-paying union jobs; spur economic revitalization; remediate environmental degradation; and support energy workers in coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities across the country. Empowering America’s Energy Communities: IWG Stakeholder Retreat
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Federal Officials and Energy Community Leaders Discuss a Successful Path Forward for Economic Diversification and Worker Training in the Nation’s Coal, Oil, Gas and Power Plant Communities WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 8, 2024) – The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization (Energy Communities IWG) hosted a two-day retreat for energy
From left: Michael Smith (CEO, AmeriCorps), Lael Brainard (National Economic Advisor), Brian Anderson (Executive Director, Energy Communities IWG) New American Climate Corps Project Will Support Economic Development in Nine Energy Communities while Preparing Young People for Good-Paying Jobs; Recruitment Open Now WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Biden-Harris Administration announced Energy Communities AmeriCorps, a new project
The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization (Energy Communities IWG) is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to create good-paying union jobs, spur economic revitalization, remediate environmental degradation and support energy workers in coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities across the country. Empowering America’s Energy Communities: IWG Stakeholder Retreat
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Pineville, Kentucky, is revitalizing its downtown after several years of feeling the impact of being one of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) economically distressed counties. The town is putting a significant emphasis on the new energy economy and infrastructure, including restaurants, businesses and housing. Starting in 2013, Main Street Pineville rolled out incentives for upkeeping
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZM_1VUn120 American technology company Form Energy, Inc. is nearing completion of construction of Form Factory 1, the company’s first high-volume manufacturing facility. Located in Weirton, West Virginia, Form Factory 1 will be the site of production for iron-air batteries, which are used in renewable energy technologies including the electric grid. Form Energy broke ground on
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Image Courtesy of TerraPower TerraPower broke ground on its Natrium reactor near a retired coal plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in June 2024. Natrium will be the first commercial reactor in the state of Wyoming and one of the first advanced reactors to operate in the United States, expanding the state’s already impressive energy portfolio. The
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