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A Fair Transition for Midwest Coal Counties Don Barrett/Flickr James Gignac, lead Midwest energy analyst | May 4, 2021, 6:00 am EDT Across the country, including here in the Midwest, we are transitioning away from coal as a fuel source. While this brings important emission reductions and new opportunities for clean energy development, we still don’t do a great job supporting communities and workers who directly affected by the transition away from coal. A new report by UCS and the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) aims to address this need. Entitled Additionally, the analysis identified 462 counties (out of a total of 3,142 counties or county-equivalents in the United States) that have a direct connection to coal such as having coal mines or having a recently retired or still operating coal-fired power plant. The analysis then identified 10 risk criteria, also referred to as vulnerability criteria, to a

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