Causes www.propublica.org The coal industry extracted a steep price from West Virginia. Now natural gas is leading the state down the same path “It’s déjà vu for the people who sat here 130 years ago and gave away our coal wealth to big out-of-state companies,” one state senator said. “That’s what we’re about to do again.”
Causes www.motherjones.com Parents didn't want fracking near their school. So the oil company chose a poorer school instead. The first school was 77-percent white. The second is 87-percent students of color.
