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Economy
"Once upon a time there was a little dog named Kentucky.
And that little dog named Kentucky had a great big tail called coal."
-Denise Giardina
The coal economy effects everything in a community: employment, politics, life and environment. Below are several different perspectives on the coal economy and its relation to community health and growth.
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Click to hear Denise Giardina tell a story about the coal economy and the tail that wagged the dog. |
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Click to hear a representative of Arch Coal speak with the Cumberland City Council about strip-mining Black Mountain. |
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Click to listen to a woman's story recorded at a rally in West Virginia. |
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Click to hear two young West Virginia activists' perspectives in the coal economy. |
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Click to listen to KFTC member Linda Brock share her thoughts on the coal economy. |
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Click here to listen to Don Harker of the Mountain Association of Community Economic Development explain why Letcher County, KY does not receive all of its property tax. |