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I found this via @sheagunther on twitter. It’s a link to a blogpost he did concerning the cost of Mountaintop Removal for the coal industry. If you didn’t know yet, the EPA recently released a halt to all permits for coal mining via mountaintop removal. Shortly following a coal industry uprising (and I’m sure a couple of pockets getting a bit heavier in Washington), the EPA restated that they are only looking at a few permits, not all.

Now that you’re caught up to speed, read the quoted ex-coal miner’s comments on the detriment of mountaintop removal and his opinions concerning the value of human life:

Please tell the fellas, they are better off on welfare, or doing part-time, and living in poverty, but living. I am on permanent disability from the hard-rock mining industry. The “Danger pay” is not worth it! let the f*ckin’ new robots like they have in the Inco mine in Sudbury, Ontario get silicosis, let black lung kill off the automated scoop trams. Maybe a computerized radio controlled “Jumbo” drill can get rheumatism and arthritis instead of you. Let the rich pricks at the top of the hole have the money, and go live, and stay alive, in a Shanty far from the mines. Settle for less, you’ll get more in the long run!

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Coal: Jobs should not trump mountains | MNN - Mother Nature Network.

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