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Category: abandoned mine lands

Posted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 abandoned mine lands Appalachian economies black lung disease climate change e-cology exploration just transitions post-coal energy U.S. Congress

Ingenuity + money = flourishing enterprises on Central Appalachia coalfields

Whitesburg, Ky.—If hollowed out minelands and communities of Central Appalachia are to be restored in some fashion, then the vision for the region’s future has...

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Ingenuity + money = flourishing enterprises on Central Appalachia coalfields April 24, 2019 by Elizabeth McGowan - Whitesburg, Ky.—If hollowed out minelands and communities of Central Appalachia are to be restored in some fashion, then the vision for the region’s future has to extend beyond infrastructure for federal prisons and natural gas pipelines. That’s what Eric Dixon of the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center says he hears as he crisscrosses the area. "Communities… Read more >
Black lung disease strikes 1 in 5 longtime coal miners in Central Appalachia April 24, 2019 by Elizabeth McGowan - Strike up a conversation in southeastern Kentucky and it likely will be with somebody whose father, uncle, brother, son or grandfather has died of black lung disease. A 21st century resurgence of what’s also called coal workers’ pneumoconiosis has alarmed health experts. The fatal disease now afflicts one in five coal miners who has spent… Read more >
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