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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities
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Congressional office agrees to investigate 'zombie' coal mines
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Congressional office agrees to investigate 'zombie' coal mines

Kentucky citizens’ law group finds 40 percent of state’s active coal strip mines are “functionally abandoned.”
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indoor farming
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AppHarvest promised Kentucky green jobs. It delivered 'hell on earth'

The inside story of how the celebrated startup AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
Causes

As coal plants shutter, a chance to redevelop 'the gates of hell'

Developers are combining new strategies with state and federal funds to turn decayed power plants once considered a blemish into potential assets for economic growth.
Causes
As coal plants shutter, a chance to redevelop 'the gates of hell'
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As coal plants shutter, a chance to redevelop 'the gates of hell'

Developers are combining new strategies with state and federal funds to turn decayed power plants once considered a blemish into potential assets for economic growth.
Causes
Biden drawn into spat as Manchin slams his comments on future of coal
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Biden drawn into spat as Manchin slams his comments on future of coal

Manchin calls on Biden to apologize for comments on coal industry.

West Virginia clashes over new Corridor H highway by Blackwater Falls
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West Virginia clashes over new Corridor H highway by Blackwater Falls

A highway project planned since the 1960s is about to be built in West Virginia. Critics worry it will hurt the environment — and their revived economies.
Causes
WV County coal decline economic transition
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Mingo County warily turns to ATV tourism

In West Virginia's coalfield counties like Mingo, some hope the growing number of visitors will help fill the economic hole left by coal's decline.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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House votes to block California truck emission rules, challenging legal norms

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US Senate votes to ease regulations on toxic air pollution from industry

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Mass exodus of senior staff reshapes federal energy and environmental agencies under Trump

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE
Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

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Opinion: How leadership shapes our choices on climate change