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Coronavirus accelerates decline of slumping coal industry

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Travis Deti has been working the phones to try to get government support for the U.S. coal industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

Between recent calls, the head of the Wyoming Mining Association tried to unclog a sink at home. But unlike Deti’s sink, which eventually started flowing again with help from a plumber, aid remains stubbornly clogged for an industry whose already rapid decline is accelerating because of the economic effects of the virus. “We’d take anything right now,” said Deti, whose group represents companies that produce about 40% of the nation’s coal.

Coal demand has tanked over the past decade amid competition from cheap natural gas and expanded renewable energy sources. Coal companies have faced a

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