WFPL: Coal Industry Braces As COVID-19 Impacts Electricity Demand

ACLC’s Executive Director Wes Addington was interviewed for a recent article laying out the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the coal industry and coal communities.

“It just seems like the industry sees an opportunity with the coronavirus pandemic to try once again to shed liability for miners’ health and any environmental damage that they’ve done in the region,” said Wes Addington, executive director of the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, which represents coal miners in black lung benefits cases.

Read the full article here.