If we want to provide a history we need to include not exclude the entire history...Here's just a sampling of what the coal industry would rather you forget:Don't ever think everyone is on board to bring back coal as 'DT' has suggested in his campaign stop at Mohegan Sun Arena Wilkes Barre Twp.
In fact the recent concerns of building a new school upon the culm banks brings added concerns:
https://www.timesleader.com/news/740020/cheers-jeers-as-wilkes-barre-area-breaks-ground-on-new-school
Many of us also are familiar with black lung and the collapse of mind subsidence areas as well as the culm banks on fire in wbtwp near giant's despair.
https://news.psu.edu/story/602325/2019/12/20/research/cdc-grant-focus-effects-nano-coal-dust-lung-disease-coal-miners
And many know the issues with these fires:
http://www.undergroundminers.com/laurelrun.html
You don't have to go back decades to learn we still are dealing with the aftermath from all this mining:
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/mine-subsidence-closes-w-b-twp-road-1.2470100
You mentioned concrete city but you failed to list some other factual information so I left it here:https://discoverypa.blogspot.com/2014/05/ghost-town-concrete-city.html
I know my own father who lost his father in the coal mines has noted that many areas are still unstable from the fill ins.
In fact I leave you with my youngest brother in his own words about coal mining industry and his work dealing with sustainability fossil fuels today.
https://revsustainability.com/blog/insights/david-gatcha-a-passion-for-sustainability-fueled-by-coal/
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