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This small Midwestern town still crowns a Coal Queen

In tiny Marissa, Illinois, coal brought prosperity and created traditions. What do people do when coal declines and goes away? ....

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Across the Midwest, communities grapple with the idea of a future without coal

The fossil fuel defined economies and local traditions. What happens when it goes away? ....

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