“Population Death” Looms as Coal Country Pays the Price for Green Politics · American Wire News

“Population death” looms as coal country pays the price for green politics · American Wire News

Projections indicate that several areas in West Virginia are facing the very real possibility of population death. Particularly in areas where the dying coal industry was big business, the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia is predicting residents will flee in droves over the next decade. McDowell County used to be the biggest producer of coal in the world, and now may lose up to 32% of its population by 2040, …

Today's graphic:  50 States With Equal-Population. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) JWR's Comment: This certainly illustrates the low population density of The American Redoubt.

Today’s graphic:  50 States With Equal-Population. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) JWR’s Comment: This certainly illustrates the low population density of The American Redoubt. The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted. The post SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week appeared…

Devastating population decline predicted in deep red state by 2040 as counties lose up to a third of residents

Areas of West Virginia that used to employ tens of thousands of people in the now-dying coal industry are facing huge population declines over the next 15 years. McDowell County, once the world's largest coal producer, will lose 32 percent of its residents by 2040, according to grim projections by…