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Trump’s promises have some coal miners optimistic — so they’re staying in the industry

by Reid R. Frazier
Dec 27, 2017
While some coal miners continue looking for work in the industry, others look to careers outside of coal for more stability.
Low natural gas prices will likely continue to keep the coal market weak. Above, a coal mound in Shelbiana, Kentucky.
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There's no giving up on coal in Greene County, Pennsylvania

by Erika Beras
Dec 1, 2017
While there's plenty of money for free job training in health care and trucking, local workers pack coal classes instead.
Students sit in a miner training class at a career center in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
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What's to blame for the demise of coal and nuclear plants? Another fossil fuel

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 24, 2017
Natural gas plants are less expensive.
Flared natural gas burns off at Apache Corporation's operations at the Deadwood natural gas plant in Garden City, Texas. 
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Trump administration halts study on mining, thanks to proposed budget cuts

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 22, 2017
Some studies have shown increased rates of health problems for people who live near these mining sites.
A large mountaintop coal mining operation in West Virginia. 
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A former coal miner's take on the declining industry

by Paulina Velasco
Jun 23, 2017
It's a small part of Kentucky's economy, but it plays a big role in politics.
Courtesy of Gary Bentley
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Counting up American coal jobs: What's the real total?

by Molly Wood and Scott Tong
Jun 15, 2017
Here are the numbers behind the much-discussed coal industry in the U.S.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks with coal miners at the Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pennsylvania, in April.
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How The Deck Is Stacked

Coal miners from two generations betting on Trump

by Marketplace Staff
Feb 21, 2017
We hear from a retired West Virginia miner and another just starting his career.
In West Virginia, 12,000 mining jobs have been lost; Trump supporters bet on him to bring them back.
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Kentucky coal country hangs on to Trump's promise

by Scott Tong
Feb 8, 2017
Though jobs have fallen to their lowest level in 118 years, there is hope that coal production will come back.
A bulldozer operates atop a coal mound in Kentucky.
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One of coal’s last strongholds is under review

by Jed Kim
Jan 16, 2017
Federal land is one of the only places where the industry is holding its own.
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Coal is having a comeback — can it last?

by Scott Tong
Dec 23, 2016
Don't call it a comeback (maybe)
Coal falls off a conveyor belt as it's off loaded from trucks from local coal mines at the Savage Energy Terminal on August 26, 2016 in Price, Utah. 
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