Coal mining industry could boom again

VOICED: Donald Trump promised on the presidential campaign trail that he would 'put our miners back to work'. In the Appalachian mountains, where coal is central to many communities, they listened - and voted Republican accordingly. But environmentalists say that coal burning is old and dirty -- and the industry belongs in people's memories. Our U.S. correspondent Amanda Walker reports from Kentucky. Contains black hole - third party content. Interviews with Ricky Whitehead, miner, Billie Hatfield, local resident and Mike King, local environmentalist on 20 April 2017 in Hazard, Kentucky
VOICED: Donald Trump promised on the presidential campaign trail that he would 'put our miners back to work'. In the Appalachian mountains, where coal is central to many communities, they listened - and voted Republican accordingly. But environmentalists say that coal burning is old and dirty -- and the industry belongs in people's memories. Our U.S. correspondent Amanda Walker reports from Kentucky. Contains black hole - third party content. Interviews with Ricky Whitehead, miner, Billie Hatfield, local resident and Mike King, local environmentalist on 20 April 2017 in Hazard, Kentucky
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