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How laid-off coal miners are reclaiming their own economy


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by Gregory Schwartz Phd and Trevor Decker Cohen. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved.
For generations, hundreds of thousands of West Virginia coal miners earned a good living. The money they made supported local economies in towns across Appalachia. And their labor down in deep mines brought light to the rest of the world.
But this prosperity came at a high price. Mountains were blown to pieces, rivers ran orange with mine tailings and generations of miners suffered from black-lung disease. For over a century, the coal industry dominated the region’s economy and psyche, preventing much else from taking root. Now, it’s crumbling. Three of the four largest coal companies that mine half the coal in the U.S. have gone bankrupt. There’s a gaping hole in parts of Appalachia where an economy used to be. ....

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Biden's Road to Clean Energy Runs Through West Virginia Coal Country - Governors' Wind Energy Coalition


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Biden’s Road to Clean Energy Runs Through West Virginia Coal Country
Source: By Kellie Lunney, Bloomberg Business • Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2021
The state’s senators, Joe Manchin and Shelley Capito, are poised to shape the nation’s energy transition with the challenges of their home state firmly in mind.
The New River Gorge in southern West Virginia. With the creation of a new national park here, tourism in the region is expected to increase. Photographer: Kristian Thacker for Bloomberg Businessweek
Gerald Lucas, 69, is a former coal miner and federal mine inspector who now gives public tours underground at the Beckley, W.Va., Exhibition Coal Mine, a working mine that ceased operations in 1953. He describes it as a fun job that allows him to share his decades of experience with visitors. ....

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