Why UK and US coal communities remain major political battlegrounds
Perhaps politicians could have preserved coal jobs, but that would have required guaranteeing a market for coal by not exploiting North Sea gas and stopping the shale revolution
12 November 2019 - 12:52
London — Mine closures and employment losses have left deep economic, social and political scars on the main coal-producing regions of the US and UK.
Britain’s former coal mining communities remain among the most deprived in the country decades after the pits closed, as they have struggled to attract new industries...
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