03/25/2014
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"Fallacy: Stopping the destruction of Appalachian mountains and streams would cost jobs."
"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."
"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 1: Underground mines create over 50% more jobs than mountaintop removal mines."