Calculating Coal’s Toll

Living on Earth

Coal supporters like to point to the jobs and economic activity that coal mining brings to communities. But a new study argues the human costs of coal mining in Appalachia far outweighs its benefits. Michael Hendryx, a researcher at West Virginia University, talks with host Steve Curwood about coal’s toll and policy options that would encourage richer, healthier communities in coal country.

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