http://ilovemountains.org/news/3417 END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA! Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 http://ilovemountains.org/news/3417#comment-581483 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:30:22 +0000 http://ilovemountains.org/?p=3417#comment-581483 Great article. Environmental orgs need to recognize that coal miners and their communities are going to suffer the consequences of the declining demand for coal. They need to work with the miners, the unions and all levels of government to provide alternative employment, retraining and other measures to transition mining communities towards a future without coal mining.

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