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Different view, he worked at the department of interior when trump took office and noticed some early roll backs implemented by the new secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. >> secretary zinke even cancelled a health study that was taking place at the national academy of sciences that was affecting the mountain top coal removal in appalachian. >> mountain top removal lops the peaks off to get to the coal inside. researchers say the practice contaminated ground waters with toxic minerals resulti...

Regulations that provided no benefit to general society, but severely restricted the ability of those companies to grow and go. >> the columnist joe clemens has a different view. he worked at the department of interior when trump took office. and noticed some early rollbacks implemented by the new secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. >> secretary zinke canceled a health study that was taking place at the national academy of sciences that was focused on the health effects of mountaintop coal re...

Blasts blow up mountains to get into the coal inside. it is dumped into streams and valleys near by. >> president trump is showing he is looking out for the coal industry and the coal executives and not the people. >> since taking office, trump has withdrawn from the paris climate agreement, issued an executive order reopening federal lands to new coal leases and rolled back environmental rules, including ones aimed at requiring the coal industry to monitor and report toxic mining waste. >> they...

>> were actually 50 times safer from the climate than we were 80 years ago because we have technology powered by fossil fuels. john: the wealth, so we burn more energy than in else and our air is cleaner. >> right. we have to look what is the big picture? what is the alternative. john: wind, solar. >> there is such a thing as imaginary alternative. if we look alternative exists in reality, we used to burn wood with indoor air pollution. we used to burn coal inside. we have decentralized power pl...