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In Appalachia, the Coal Industry Is in Collapse, But the Mountains Aren’t Coming Back
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 6:50
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By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch
Though the coal mining industry in West Virginia is in the grips of an unprecedented collapse that threatens to dethrone King Coal once and for all, 14-year-old Ryan Hensley and all the other children growing up in the shadow of these “blank spaces” will never see the decapitated peaks return to thickly forested mountain tops.
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/in_appalachia_the_coal_industry_is_in_collapse_but_the_mountains_20150826/
