science behind the epa s admissions. the fact of the matter is we are in a crisis in appalachia but it s not a coal crisis, it s a health crisis. those miners who have died of black lung, the heart failure cases, the fact of the matter is there are even more people who are dying who are simply innocent citizen who is live near things like mountaintop removal extraction sites who have the true cost of coal foisted upon them every day of their lives. and that s the conversation we need to be having. i think most people would be really surprised to see those numbers we put up before, 21,000 coal jobs in west virginia, because everyone thinks west virginia is a coal country, lots to people employed, big industry. natural gas has been killing coal much more than barack obama has, a, and b, the coal industry has been reducing its labor force for years. isn t that right?
in a crisis in appalachia but it s not a coal crisis, it s a health crisis. those miners who have died of black lung, the heart failure cases, the fact of the matter is there are even more people who are dying who are simply innocent citizen who is live near things like mountaintop removal extraction sites who have the true cost of coal foisted upon them every day of their lives. and that s the conversation we need to be having. i think most people would be really surprised to see those numbers we put up before, 21,000 coal jobs in west virginia, because everyone thinks west virginia is a coal country, lots to people employed, big industry. natural gas has been killing coal much more than barack obama has, a, and b, the coal industry has been reducing its labor force for years. isn t that right? that s absolutely right, chris. the single largest engine behind