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Coal struggle endures with West Virginia mine layoff plans

2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: From Boone County banker Lee Milam's experience, each round of coal mine layoffs that hits southern West Virginia stifles his community's already-fragile economy. Thursday's news was especially bitter. Coal giant Alpha Natural Resources revealed plans to shed 1,100 workers at 11 West Virginia surface mines and related operations by mid-October. In Boone, where about 2,400 people work in coal mining, two mines employing 462 people could be shuttered. Potentially, that's 462 fewer folks, averaging...

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