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Originally Posted by censusdata
Obama's environmental regs finished off Appalachian coal but it was going to die at some point anyway. Began declining in 1940s and in free fall since 1970s.
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Metallurgical demand declining due to changes in export markets and somewhat in the US. Thermal coal used by power plants has come mostly from the Powder River basin for over 30 years. The 100% lack of economic diversification in central Appalachia was the biggest problem, not changes in any one regulation.
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