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Trading off jobs and lives for the 'economic necessity' of coal
Hillary Clinton gives tepid response on question about mountaintop-removal mining |
David Roberts |
19 Mar 2008 |
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| Hillary Clinton was asked about mountaintop-removal mining in an interview on West Virginia public radio (mp3 link) this morning. Her answer was, in my eyes, terribly disappointing. Here it is: I am concerned about it for all the reasons people state, but I think it's a difficult question because of the conflict between the economic and environmental trade-off that you have here. I'm not an expert. I don't know enough to have an independent opinion, but I sure ... |
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| Topics: energy, coal, Hillary Clinton, presidential race 08, politics, dumbassery (all these topics) |
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