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Related: About this forumAmid Coal's Decline, What Comes Next for Appalachia
People in coal country are pleading for help as coals decline accelerates. This week on Inside Appalachia, we explore the economic and health impacts coal has had on coal communities in Appalachia. Well talk about the past and the future of this industry, through the lens of its labor history, to the climate crisis. And well hear from members of Indigenous communities on how they feel about the future of coal.
Coals been in slow decline here for decades, but really accelerated in the last 10 years. Thats meant hard times for communities that have long relied on it for jobs and taxes. There are sixty six percent fewer jobs today in West Virginia coal mining now than there were 50 years ago -- and experts dont predict a comeback. But were not alone; other places around the world face similar dilemmas. We learn what people in West Germany did fifty years ago - when coal executives and political leaders had to make tough decisions when it came to the future of coal, and their home.
What Is The Future For Appalachias Power Plants?
Lawmakers across our country and the world are debating the future of our energy policy. Scientists agree, to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we must significantly reduce our carbon emissions, and we have to do it quickly.
For much of the world, the answer is to phase out coal, but the issue is political and complicated. Kentucky is one of those places thats starting to shift away from coal in a way that West Virginia is not. Curtis Tate is a reporter here at West Virginia Public Broadcasting who covers energy and the environment and hes been tracking this story. Inside Appalachia producer, Roxy Todd, spoke with Tate about where Kentucky and West Virginia are headed. Are we going to continue to produce electricity from coal, and for how long?
Read more: https://www.wvpublic.org/inside-appalachia-2022/2022-01-07/amid-coals-decline-what-comes-next-for-appalachia
doc03
(36,694 posts)one Democrat that opposes anything to help WV.
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(21,883 posts)They chose this for themselves with their voting habits.