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2. Environmental justice and coal mining in Appalachia - Wikipedia

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   The shift towards coal surface mining from underground mining led to a 50% decline in mining jobs from 1985 to 2005, and competition from cheap natural gas also decreased demand for coal, leading some mines to close or reduce extraction, which further increased unemployment. [1]

3. Surface mining reclamation in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The law establishes minimum requirements uniform for all surface coal mining on Federal and State lands, including exploration activities and the surface effects of underground mining. Mine operators are required to minimize disturbances and the adverse impact on fish, wildlife and related environmental elements and maintain the integrity of ...

4. Coal mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the decade 2005–2014, US coal mining fatalities averaged 28 per year. [46] The most fatalities during the 2005–2014 decade were 48 in 2010, the year of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia, which killed 29 miners. [82] 2016 was the first year in U.S. coal mining history that had no fatalities due to coal mine roof falls. [83]

5. Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power ... - AOL

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   Despite the slump, West Virginia added 1,500 coal mining jobs in 2022 and employed by far more miners than any other U.S. state at 13,000, which is 30% of the total U.S. coal-mining employment ...

6. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Underground West Virginia 6,114,799 Ohio County Mine Ohio County Coal Underground West Virginia 6,046,582 Dry Fork Mine: Western Fuels Association [12] Surface Wyoming 6,045,618 Gibson South: Gibson County Coal Underground Indiana 5,955,676 Sufco: Arch Coal [4] Underground Utah: 5,883,975

7. Coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia. The death ...

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   A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured ...