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Opinion: Mountaintop removal mining is a crime against Appalachia
Al Jazeera
President Barack Obama’s budget proposal last month for an effective Appalachian regeneration fund opened a door to the future for ailing coal mining communities. The Power Plus Plan supports reclamation and reforestation projects, job training and transition programs for unemployed coal miners as well as pension plans for retired miners.
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