If you would like to visit these mining towns, keep in mind a few things: 1. STAY OFF OF THE PROPERTY OF ACTIVE MINES. THEY ALL HAVE GUARDS WHO WILL RUN YOU OFF. ALSO, IT'S DANGEROUS, SEEING AS HOW YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE WEARING A HARDHAT AND METATARSALS. ...
Those involved, meanwhile, hope their efforts can bring jobs in clean energy to dying coal towns and clean up entrenched coal pollution that has hung around for decades. In Pennsylvania alone, drainage from coal piles and abandoned mines has turned waterways red from iron...
The book studies a large group of opera houses within defined geographic, cultural, and economic boundaries in Appalachia, in smaller towns and in areas in which coal-mining and related industries were prevalent. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the historical evolution of...
He has turned the tops of the mountains into moonscapes; parts of Appalachia can almost seem haunted. Coal mining, however, has neither killed the land nor destroyed the people who live on it. In its wake, the land grows wild once again. As of 2023, Katie Myers reports in Grist, Appal...
From the journey she takes us on, the question is raised of what the future will bring if coal mining begins to dwindle. Later in the film, she decides to hold a symbolic funeral for “the king” in order to free its spirit and to help the people move forward from its long-standing...
Exposed populations were defined as residents of coal mining areas (e.g. counties with coal mining within their boundaries) or populations in proximity to coal mining (e.g. towns < 5 km to coal mining). The health outcomes were matched with ICD codes of diagnosis categories, block of ...
The real reason that the coal industry in West Virginia is slowly dying has nothing to do with government regulation. After 150 years of mining, most of the good, easy-to-get coal in Appalachia is simply gone. Coal production in the region plunged 13 percent last year — one of the bigg...
Pennsylvania is home to hundreds of coal mining communities that sprang to life at the turn of the century. As mining increased in importance these towns c... AE Salsgiver - Dissertations & Theses - Gradworks 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Environmental regulation and the regional economy: an input-...
“I’m from the coalfields,” said Kelly, who grew up in eastern Kentucky and now lives in southwestern Virginia. “And you have to understand: Coal mining is not just a job. The coal industry is not just an employer. It’s not like Walmart. [Coal companies] built tow...
A New York Times Op-Ed by Belmont County, Ohio resident brought further attention to the impact of strip mining on Ohio’s land and small towns. Ohio coal mining, meanwhile, continued to receive more national attention as a local Belmont County resident and former newspaper man named Doral Ch...