President Donald Trump's vow to revive the coal industry may not have come to pass, but miners have at least halted the plunge in employment.
President Donald Trump's campaign trail vow to revive the coal industry may not have come to pass, but two years into his presidency, the miners have at least halted the plunge in employment over the last 30 years.
In February, the industry employed about 52,800 workers, figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. That's up from a reading of 50,900 in February 2017. Still, that is a welcome reprieve for the coal mining industry, which has shed more than 100,000 jobs over the last three decades.
Continuing the long-term trend, markets are turning to cheap, cleaner-burning natural gas and wind and solar farms to generate electric power, pushing coal out of the energy mix.
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