Citizens Begin Reclaiming Coal Country After Decades of Corporate Land Grabs

Citizens Begin Reclaiming Coal Country After Decades of Corporate Land Grabs

"The coal industry of central Appalachia has been on the decline for more than 30 years, with West Virginia and Kentucky losing more than 38,000 coal jobs in that time. As coal companies pulled out, they took with them the dollars that small towns used to use to fund their schools and infrastructure, and left behind abandoned mines, polluted rivers and vast swaths of vacant land."

Emma Eisenberg

July 20, 2017