Studies of green corporate crime tend to be ahistorical in nature. This article explores the coal industry in the Central Appalachian region of the United States to highlight how historical context is crucial for understanding ongoing societal ills. The linkage between capitalism’s traumatic legacy and current social problems is quantified in negative indicators like high poverty, low life expectancy, and high rates of opioid addiction, and is manifest in the failed economic strategy of prison building. I examine the foundational role the coal industry has played in these modern outcomes, as well as the incalculable ecological damage to the region, by tracing corporate entities' appropriation of land and resources and their maltreatment of labor in the region. I then address the capture of regulatory bodies and politicians that has resulted in thousands of unnecessary deaths and the erasure of unique ecosystems, before exploring the ideological machinations that generate misplaced support for the industry today.

对绿色公司犯罪的研究在本质上往往是非历史性的。本文探讨了美国中部阿巴拉契亚地区的煤炭工业，以强调历史背景对于理解持续的社会弊病至关重要。资本主义的创伤遗产与当前社会问题之间的联系被量化为负面指标，如高贫困率、低预期寿命和高阿片类药物成瘾率，并体现在失败的监狱建设经济战略中。我通过追踪公司实体在该地区对土地和资源的占用及其对劳动力的虐待，研究了煤炭工业在这些现代成果中所发挥的基础作用，以及对该地区不可估量的生态破坏。