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simonsez6 months ago

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Clear mining is much safer for the miners than crawling down a hole. If they don't mine coal, they have nothing else to earn a living.

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  Bacalao6 months ago
  
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  That is until the dams they create wash out the towns downstream.
  
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    simonsez6 months ago
    
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    You've never been to one have you ...
    
    You have no idea the rules that apply to clear mining that are required for the over burden.
    
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      PapaWolf6 months ago
      
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      Have you ever seen a mountaintop removal mine & the surrounding areas? Being from WV, I've seen & heard about them - the massive multi-ton boulders flying through the air & crushing people's homes, the once-clear springs, streams, creeks & rivers unusable, etc., etc., etc.
      
      & I heard of a report on my way into work that directly contradicts the "Coal is good for the WV economy" claims - can't remember who did it tho.
      
      People losing their lives & homes, the lands being devestated, & the waters being poisoned. Not to mention the total destruction of the mountains themselves.
      
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        simonsez6 months ago
        
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        I've probably been on 50. The rules on overburden are extremely strong and after 2 years or so they develop into nice meadows for deer and wild life.
        
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        PapaWolf6 months ago
        
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        apparently, you haven't seen the "victims", or the innocent bystanders, miles from any mine. people have lost lives, homes, lands, rivers & other waterways. erossion, flooding, a wall of slurry burying a town, disease, & on....
        
        My sister used to work for a law firm that did a lot with coal miners & unions. the stories they told & the pictures she took were just sad.
        
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