Rural areas see more of an economic boost, while metro Pittsburgh and other more densely populated counties bear the brunt of premature deaths from the industry's air pollution.
Researchers will use the data to model how ocean currents and other environmental conditions might predict where high levels of microplastics can be found in the ocean.
An NPR investigation into the regulatory failures — and the human costs, including to Pennsylvania miners — of a disease that has been described as ‘suffocating while alive.’
