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coal mining

Environment

Two US coal miners, two very different perspectives on the future of coal

The World

March 29, 2017

Updated

03/30/2017 - 10:30am

Trump surrounded himself with coal miners when he signed his energy executive order, a very public signal that he was making good on a campaign promise to end the "war on coal." But not all miners agree on the future of their industry.

Environment

Residents of Appalachia try to give new life to old mines using a beloved chestnut tree

Living on Earth

June 21, 2014

Scientists, environmentalists and local residents are working to resurrect the once-abundant American chestnut tree from its devastation at the hands of the coal mining industry.

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