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Its a part of there life. coal mining is the only source of income for these people in Kentucky. And many people from around the area support the coal mines such as small business you money from the workers to spend in the town. without the mine there wouldn't be any source of income coming into the town and many of the people will have to leave and to go look somewhere else for money.

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Coal miner towns used to fund the economy and coal miners used to make a lot more than they do now.

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The water near the mines are filled with heavy metals and is highly contaminated. All the life around it has basically been killed.

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Releasing CO2 and acid ruined the local ecosystem.

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Acid from the water supply is making people sicker, for example, damaging that guy's fingernails.

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For some people, coal mining is all they have. Coal miners want to keep it alive.

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Coal is in high demand

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The people and ecologist are connected because of the water pollution.

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It's very dangerous for the ecosystem and the organisms that were living there.

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It's a heritage thing and laws against coal mining hurts their lifestyle.

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There's no such thing as clean coal

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small amount of people who live in the surrounding mines don't like the mines because the mines are poison the water and the soil.

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Coal mining is some people's only source of money, without it they'd most likely be thrown into poverty.

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The coal companies are making money from sell huge amount coal for cheap.

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C02