He settled instead on something familiar: a coal mining course. The Appalachian region has lost about 33,500 mining jobs since 2011, according to the Appalachian Regional Commission. A White House official did not respond to requests for comment on coal policy and retraining for coal workers. Coal jobs are preferable to those in natural gas, they said, because the mines are close to home, while pipeline work requires travel. “That’s a major part of the reason that coal mines have been able to survive,” he said.

Source: Egypt Independent November 01, 2017 10:52 UTC