'For a long time, the culture here has been 'What’s good for coal is good for West Virginia,'' one expert said. 'But that hasn’t been true for 10 years, or decades longer.'
and, in his official capacity, oversees the state regulatory arms meant to hold those companies accountable.
Larry Brooks walks down the hallway of his trailer on a mud-covered floor destroyed by flood waters on June 25, 2016, in Elkview, W.Va. Brooks said he lost about 95 percent of the personal belongings in his home. The flooding of the Elk River claimed the lives of at least 23 people in West Virginia.Traditionally, climate change has been a near-verboten subject in her state, Rosser said. The implicit threat to coal was always one thing.
Increasingly, a transition away from coal might be a conversation some West Virginians are willing to entertain.Citizens Guide to Climate Change “We put in the work to lift America into an industrialized power, through the use of coal,” Rosser explained. “Now, we deserve reinvestment.”
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