What Pennsylvanians are Reading: Rep. Cartwright Secures Funding to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is already making a positive impact in Northeast Pennsylvania abandoned mine cleanups receive much-needed funding. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced Monday that Pennsylvania is receiving $3.8 billion from the new abandoned mine land grant program.

Abandoned mine lands pose economic and health risks to Northeastern Pennsylvania communities. The local economy is going to be invigorated by this transformative investment into modernizing abandoned mine lands. The vast majority of Republicans fought against this once-in-a-generation economic investment, but thankfully Rep. Cartwright and his colleagues delivered for Pennsylvanian communities on the economic issues that matter most.

Check out local headlines on this game changing investment:

Times Leader: Editorial: $3.8 billion for Pa. mine reclamation a big win

• And coal mining, long a small and shrinking part of the county's economy, continues to keep this region from becoming something new. As much successful reclamation as we've seen over the years, most county residents are a short drive from a man-made mountain of unsightly "ugh!" When listing the many very real amenities moving here offers outsiders, "culm banks" are a glaring negatives.

• That's why it was genuinely good news when U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Moosic), U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Scranton) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland got together to announce an estimated $3.8 billion will be coming to Pennsylvania for reclamation and cleanup projects, courtesy of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act."

CBS 21: Sec. Haaland visits abandoned mine land with Casey, Cartwright

• Thanks to the passing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, more than $11 billion will be spent on cleaning up abandoned mine lands.

• Haaland was joined by Senator Bob Casey and Congressman Matt Cartwright in Swoyersville to discuss how the money will be used in Pennsylvania.

• "$11.3 billion dollars toward abandoned mine land cleanup," Cartwright said. "So much of which is going to come right here to northeast PA to restore our economy, revitalize our neighborhoods that have abandoned coal mine lands in them. It's a wonderful thing."

Times Leader: Cartwright, Casey, Haaland cite funding to clean up abandoned mine lands

• "Today, Secretary Deb Haaland came to see firsthand what we're fighting for - Pennsylvania has more unreclaimed abandoned mine land acreage than any state in the country, the majority right here in Northeastern PA," Cartwright said. "Cleaning up abandoned mine lands will create good paying jobs and pave the way for economic development in our communities."

• "We cannot address legacy pollution without dealing with polluted waters, " added Secretary Haaland. "I am grateful to the teams at Interior who worked diligently to ensure we could make this funding available to communities, including many in Pennsylvania, to clean up our rivers and streams in a way that wasn't possible before the law was signed."

Pocono Record: Matt Cartwright talks impact of abandoned mines in NEPA

• Video interview of Rep. Cartwright discussing the importance of cleaning up these abandoned mine lands for communities in Northeast Pennsylvania.