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The Merchant of Menace
How 'merchant coal' is changing the face of America |
Carrie La Seur |
24 Aug 2006 |
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| How "merchant coal" is changing the face of America By Carrie La Seur 24 Aug 2006 From his rolling green soybean fields above a slow river in eastern Iowa, Don Shatzer looks out over the farm where he was raised, across land he and his neighbors have farmed all their lives. Below him are the garden beds where his wife Linda grows organic vegetables to safeguard the family's health, and the farm pond and beach he built for the grandkids. A few miles to the west ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Iowa, Texas (all these topics) |
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