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Coal Moves West
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As the Appalachian coal industry has disappeared, coal has moved west, to the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. That state now produces 40 percent of the nation’s coal and that production has left an impact on the land.
Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/author/abarba/page/4/)
As the Appalachian coal industry has disappeared, coal has moved west, to the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. That state now produces 40 percent of the nation’s coal and that production has left an impact on the land.
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