1.0Mountain Associationhttps://mtassociation.orgAriel Fugaterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kY3QWjr4u0"><a href="https://mtassociation.org/uncategorized/eastern-kentucky-hemorrhaging-coal-jobs-where-s-the-plan/">Eastern Kentucky Hemorrhaging Coal Jobs – Where’s the Plan?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mtassociation.org/uncategorized/eastern-kentucky-hemorrhaging-coal-jobs-where-s-the-plan/embed/#?secret=kY3QWjr4u0" width="600" height="338" title="“Eastern Kentucky Hemorrhaging Coal Jobs – Where’s the Plan?” — Mountain Association" data-secret="kY3QWjr4u0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://mtassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blog_fallback.jpg19001200Eastern Kentucky lost over 4,000 coal jobs in 2012, and production is down to its lowest levels since 1965. This news comes from the Kentucky Department of Energy Development and Independence, according to a press release issued by MACED today. And you can't blame the so-called "war on coal," because Western Kentucky coal employment stayed […]