06/08/2021
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"Fact: The number of mining jobs in Appalachia has increased since the start of the recession."
"This committee now shares that responsibility because President George W. Bush, with the stroke of a pen, trashed the Reagan SBZ rule just before leaving office as a present to a coal industry that wi..."
"Fact 2: Unemployment in counties where a high proportion of coal is mined by mountaintop removal is higher than in counties where coal is mined mostly underground."
"Fallacy: Stopping the destruction of Appalachian mountains and streams would cost jobs."