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On the recordSeptember 25, 2011
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.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey cites unemployment statistics to argue against mountaintop removal mining.

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