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 Stories About: coal AND energy AND quotables AND air pollution AND water pollution
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David Roberts |
08 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'Are there negatives associated? Sure. But 50,000 people die per year in our highway system, and you don't think about that when you get into your car. And you shouldn't.' -- Fred Palmer, senior vice president for governmental affairs at Peabody Energy (formerly Peabody Coal), responding to a question about air and water pollution from coal |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, quotables, water pollution (all these topics) |
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