In Wyoming, Hard Times Return as Energy Prices Slump - The New York Times

In Wyoming, Hard Times Return as Energy Prices Slump - The New York Times:



"WRIGHT, Wyo. — For 17 years, Scott Pearce worked as a mechanic here in the Powder River Basin, a Saudi Arabia of Western coal deposits. But about a week ago he became a casualty of the declining local economy, one of nearly 500 people laid off from the Black Thunder and North Antelope Rochelle mines. It was among the latest and worst round of job losses to hit Wyoming."



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