Appalachia Faces Growing Divide From Urban Growth
The region experiences rising separation as urban areas expand while mining declines reshape economic life. Communities confront shifts in jobs, infrastructure, and opportunity, highlighting a growing geographic and social gap across Appalachia.
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Geography newest trouble for old coal belt
Washington reports show Forsyth County Georgia near Atlanta booms with 123 percent population growth while nearby Harlan County Kentucky loses residents as coal jobs vanish. The Appalachia region, once distressed, now contrasts booming growth around cities like Birmingham and Chattanooga with shrinking remote coal areas, despite ARC funding and highway upgrades.
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ChevronTexaco merger approved by FTC with divestitures
The FTC voted 4 0 to approve Chevron Corp s 39.3 billion acquisition of Texaco Inc creating the second largest oil company in the United States and the fourth largest worldwide Chevron will divest U S refining and marketing affiliates Motiva Equilon and other assets to address antitrust concerns The deal will be led by David J O Reilly with Texaco and Chevron executives forming the new leadership team
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Humans as Earth's dominant evolutionary force
Harvard biologist Stephen R. Palumbi argues in Science that humans now drive evolution more than any other factor. He cites drug resistant bacteria, pests, and superweeds costing the United States over 50 billion dollars annually, and notes our activity shapes water, land, fisheries, and atmospheric carbon.
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Writer sets dubious record in Houston jail case
Vanessa Leggett, a 33 year old novice crime writer, remains jailed in Houston for contempt for refusing to turn over notes to a federal grand jury. She has spent 49 days in detention, surpassing the prior record of 46 days set in 1972. Federal prosecutors say she is not a journalist and lacks First Amendment protection, though Leggett is pursuing a book on Doris Angleton’s 1997 death.
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Vanessa Leggett
Reporters’ Committee For Freedom of the Press
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Charles Manson
Leggett
Newsweek
John Ashcroft
Justice Department
Susan Dryden
Doris Angleton
Angleton
Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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