Mountaintop removal mining operations do not create coal jobs in local communities, concluded a new study published in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers. But that didn’t stop House Republicans from staging yet another show trial of a hearing yesterday to grill the Environmental Protection Agency over mountaintop removal regulation and its supposed effect on Appalachian jobs.
The kicker? Turns out the number of Appalachian mining jobs has increased since EPA upped its regulatory game. Yes, you read that right. Read on.
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