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Taking care of rural coal workers
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David Roberts |
14 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This WSJ piece on the battle over coal in rural (and important electoral swing) states is frustrating. On one hand, you have enviros, characterized as urbanites concerned exclusively with global warming. On the other hand, you have rural residents, characterized as concerned exclusively with keeping their mining jobs. Why is there no mention of the ways Dem candidates and enviros are attempting to address those concerns? No mention of the ways Obama and Clinton propos ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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