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New Report Shows Thousands of Jobs Can be Created Through Coal Mine Reclamation

WORC's new report highlights how, as the coal industry collapses, mine reclamation jobs will be vital to the transition of coal communities. The collapse of the coal industry is devastating small communities across the Western United States. Reclaiming these mined lands quickly could create up to 4,800 full-time equivalent jobs per year in the critical two to three year period after mine closure according to a report released by WORC…