Fast and Furious Facts about Joe Manchin, Coal, West Virginia and The Climate Crisis
3 min readOct 18, 2021
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- The number of coal jobs, both inside of coal mines and “above ground” in West Virginia is estimated at roughly 13,000 jobs, give or take.
- The population of West Virginia is roughly 12.8 million.
- Coal jobs, therefore, represent the work of approximately .10 percent of West Virginians. That is…
