Changes could leave thousands of chemical tanks out of regulations

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2. Has been for better than a century

Even if you don't work in the mines. Living within a couple of miles could put you in the middle of a health danger cluster. I think there are like 26 studies out now that show significant increase in risk of cancers and a whole slew of other diseases if you live in proximity to a mountaintop removal site.
They use hundreds of thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate/diesel explosives to wipe out the mountain. This puts massive amounts of greasy carcinogenic ultrafine particulate into the air for miles. It penetrates the lungs with every breath you take and deposits a slimy mess over everything.
With only 7% of the state economy owing to "coal" I can't understand why they still have such a hold on the government.