As some coal companies have faced financial challenges in recent years, we've also seen reports of coal workers being kicked off health care or losing their retirement funds. (treehugger.com)
The bill would also provide monthly payments to low - and middle - income households and fund job training, early retirement and health care benefits for coal workers. (carbontax.org)
What these dry government numbers leave out is the effect on coal workers and their families as coal mines close and one major coal company after another files for bankruptcy. (hbr.org)