A Green New Deal for Appalachia: Economic Transition, Coal Reclamation Costs, Bottom-Up Policymaking (Part 1)

@article{Taylor2017AGN,
  title={A Green New Deal for Appalachia: Economic Transition, Coal Reclamation Costs, Bottom-Up Policymaking (Part 1)},
  author={Betsy Chapin Taylor and Mary T. Hufford and Kendall A Bilbrey},
  journal={Journal of Appalachian Studies},
  year={2017},
  volume={23},
  pages={8}
}
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