Gazette-Mail: Despite complaints about the Obama administration's "war on coal," employment in the Appalachian mining industry is at a 14-year high, according to new government data and congressional testimony.
Congressional allies of the coal industry this week intensified their attack on the administration, with three hearings to collect testimony critical of water protection rules and a proposed effort to streamline the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
Nationwide, though,......
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Coal jobs at 14-year high in Appalachia
Posted by Gazette-Mail: Ken Ward Jr. on November 19th, 2011
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