For decades, Democrats have countered opposition to "job-killing" environmental regulation by saying combatting climate change would create well-paying new jobs. President Biden is betting on it.
For more than 100 years Collie has dug up coal but, as Australia's demand for the black river of gold is drying up, residents must look elsewhere to guarantee their future.
A proposed wildlife center got a $12 million federal grant after promising to bring millions of dollars and thousands of tourists to eastern Kentucky. Four years later, residents are still waiting for the jobs they were promised.
The shaky economics of coal and a concerted climate push by the European Union are forcing the nation's government to rethink its embrace of the dirtiest fossil fuel.
