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November 7, 2009



Coal’s costs: Here is the study

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Hey folks, I have received permission from the journal Public Health Reports to post a copy of the recent West Virginia University study on the costs and benefits of the Appalachian coal industry.

So here it is.

Previous coverage of the study is here, and the transcript of Michael Hendryx’s online chat is here.

6 comments

1 coal { 06.24.09 at 6:10 pm }

Like I have commented here before, So where is the plan to create all of these new jobs?

We can do a million studies, but until someone comes up with a workable plan to replace 50% of the power generation in this country, and puts in into operation, we have to mine coal.

If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.

2 The Alliance for Appalachia » Blog Archive » Farces of Coal { 08.21.09 at 4:47 pm }

[…] is a “National Mining Association” number. The most recent study (Hendryx, WVU) shows that coal contributes to about $8 billion in benefits to the Appalachian region. But it also […]

3 iLoveMountains.org » Blog Archive - End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining -- Farces of Coal { 08.24.09 at 11:42 am }

[…] is a “National Mining Association” number. The most recent study (Hendryx, WVU) shows that coal contributes to about $8 billion in benefits to the Appalachian region. But it also […]

4 Farces of Coal { 08.24.09 at 1:23 pm }

[…] is a “National Mining Association” number. The most recent study (Hendryx, WVU) shows that coal contributes to about $8 billion in benefits to the Appalachian region. But it also […]

5 Greenhoof » Blog Archive » Should the Department of Justice investigate Big Coal bedlam? { 10.14.09 at 5:01 pm }

[…] night.  Despite recent studies [PDF] that prove that mountaintop removal and coal mining have devastated the Appalachian economies and health, cost the coal states more in services than tax revenues, and […]

6 Should the Department of Justice investigate Big Coal bedlam? « The Dirty Lie { 10.15.09 at 1:54 pm }

[…] last night.  Despite recent studies [PDF] that prove that mountaintop removal and coal mining have devastated the Appalachian economies and health, cost the coal states more in services than tax revenues, and […]

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