An aerial picture taken on September 29, 2022, shows trucks driving at a coal mine operated by Blackhawk Mining and Pine Branch Mining in Lost Creek, Kentucky. - Chase Hays is "torn": after seeing floods ravage his hamlet in the Appalachian mountains, he filed a complaint against the mine that overlooks it, but this 34-year-old American does not want to be perceived as an "enemy" of coal. Like him, people in eastern Kentucky are struggling to challenge an industry that has long offered the only well-paying jobs in the region. And in the run-up to the midterm elections, few candidates dare to talk to them about climate change. (Photo by Diane DESOBEAU / AFP) (Photo by DIANE DESOBEAU/AFP via Getty Images)