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Colorado’s SB-236

Social Policies to Facilitate a Just Carbon Transition
State Legislatures
Authorizes the securitization of coal plants, and uses some of the millions of dollars in savings from securitization to reinvest back in workers and vulnerable communities.

Colorado’s HB-1314

Social Policies to Facilitate a Just Carbon Transition
State Legislatures
Establishes a Just Transition Office in the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The office is charged with creating an equitable plan for coal-dependent communities and workers as the state transitions away from fossil fuels.

Report, Real People, Real Change

Social Policies to Facilitate a Just Carbon Transition
Foreign
Highlights political and communications strategies for a just transition, building on research and case studies of energy transitions that have happened or that are happening in Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Poland and Ukraine.

World Bank Report, Managing Coal Mine Closure

Social Policies to Facilitate a Just Carbon Transition
Congress, States and State Governments, Local Governments, Private Entities
Summarizes lessons-learned from more than two decades of World Bank assistance on coal mine closure to governments, enterprises, workers and their communities.

Just Transition Fund

Social Policies to Facilitate a Just Carbon Transition
Private Entities
Dedicated to creating economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal. They provide both grants and technical assistance to local leaders.  

Proposed American Miners Act of 2019

Social Policies to Facilitate a Just Carbon Transition
Congress
Would transfer certain funds to provide pension and health benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies.