CUMBERLAND, KENTUCKY - AUGUST 24: A mountaintop remains scarred after it was strip mined in search of coal on August 24, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky, once littered with coal mines, is seeing that lifeblood rapidly slip away. The region has lost more than 15 percent of its mining jobs in the past year and less than a third of the jobs remain from a decade ago. Recently, more than 300 miners in nearby Harlan County lost their jobs when Blackjewel LLC declared bankruptcy. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
