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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_38882386-scaled.jpg25601714Coal communities find themselves in the midst of a well-known shift dubbed the “Seneca Effect:” although growth is slow and incremental, collapse is comparatively sudden. Against this backdrop of rapid decline, Sightline has developed an analytical model to assess which coal mines in the region are most at risk of closure.