They say the global coal market has little room for additional coal from Wyoming and especially from Appalachia, where mines are not just scaling back but closing altogether. Trump reaped the benefit, winning Wyoming and another coal state, West Virginia, by his widest margins in the nation. Within Wyoming, Trump won biggest in Campbell County, which includes Gillette. On Tuesday, he repaid the favor by announcing he would review Obama's Clean Power Plan and lift the 14-month-old coal leasing moratorium. Whether Arch Coal, Peabody or Contura Energy rehire all those workers or resume significant leasing remains to be seen.

Source: ABC News April 01, 2017 13:45 UTC