impossible from the start. instead, here s what s happened. the coal industry has seen a rash of mines going out of business as coal use has declined nationally in favor of cleaner, less carbon emitting and also cheaper forms of energy. mines are sold repeatedly from one company to another, passing off their debts and operations, running operations into ground and then leaving miners out of work. once again miners find themselves out of a job. this time in virginia, west virginia, kentucky and wyoming. a company called black jewel, the country s sixth large itself coal producer filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, leaving most of the country s 1700 people out of work, including 600 in the tiny coal dependent city of gillette, wyoming. trymaine lee has their story. reporter: there has been coal mining in the powder river base son of northeast wyoming for over 100 years. but in the 1970s, the industry suddenly boomed thanks to one of the most sweeping environmental
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