Journal on the coal industry and impacts on both the people environment and the regulation of that industry. Nick mullins joins us now, an creator of the blog, the thoughtful coal miner and a miner with history of mining in his family. Ow far back does that history go . Guest well, it goes back to my grandfather in the 1920s, who worked in areas of virginia for virginia iron and coal company. Host what is the thoughtful miner . Why did you get it started . What do you write about . Caller well, the thoughtful coal miner, my way of speaking rhetoric that comes from both the industry and environmentalists to find common the two. Tween speaking specifically to miners asues and trying to help give voice and like i say, keep the at the same time, working to get the truth out there. Host what do you do these day . You are a former coal miner, how long did you serve in the mines do now . Do you guest i worked in the Mining Industry for about four years, years underground, decided to do that b
Journal on the coal industry and impacts on both the people environment and the regulation of that industry. Nick mullins joins us now, an creator of the blog, the thoughtful coal miner and a miner with history of mining in his family. Ow far back does that history go . Guest well, it goes back to my grandfather in the 1920s, who worked in areas of virginia for virginia iron and coal company. Host what is the thoughtful miner . Why did you get it started . What do you write about . Caller well, the thoughtful coal miner, my way of speaking rhetoric that comes from both the industry and environmentalists to find common the two. Tween speaking specifically to miners asues and trying to help give voice and like i say, keep the at the same time, working to get the truth out there. Host what do you do these day . You are a former coal miner, how long did you serve in the mines do now . Do you guest i worked in the Mining Industry for about four years, years underground, decided to do that b
Mines are for that etal how much countries are developing how much steel we need to make buildings. Host Manuel Quinones is our first guest this morning. Special phone lines today. We want to hear your comments coal miners and family members of coal miners, 2027488001. Otherwise, lines are split up regionally. ,entral and eastern time zones 2027488000. Mountain pacific time zones, 2027488002. Lets talk about the power plants themselves. Where will you find coal power plants in the United States . Guest they are all over the country. You have a lot of coalfired power plants in ohio and indiana and missouri. Western states, youve got Southern States it really runs the gamut. If you look at the ohio valley area, an area that has been historically coal heavy because it is easy to transport, you have rivers and rail and a lot of mines nearby, but really, it is distributed across the country. Theres a lot of states that have tried to move away from coal. A lot of states have been moving away
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