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The big lie about coal

Roanoke Times | October 2, 2011 | 6:59 am Energy Europe Coal

From the RoundTable blog Read the latest entries Saturday letters Appalachia’s coal miners and mine operators are scared, and for good reason. They see their livelihoods petering out with the coal that has been this impoverished region’s main source of