Even With Trump’s Orders, an Uncertain Future for Pennsylvania’s Coal Miners

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May 16, 2025Updated:May 16, 2025

WAYNESBURG, Pa.—In a roadside clearing, a young man in boots, jeans, black hoodie, and black cap emerges from a trail and sits on a flat-topped boulder.

He’s startled to see he’s not alone on this warm, overcast Easter afternoon in the woods just north of the Pennsylvania–West Virginia state line.