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Leland: 70 direct jobs, they estimate somewhere around 500 indirect jobs in somerset, pennsylvania, that needs it. how much further does the energy sector, specifically coal, have to go before they're back? >> i mean, it's actually sort of an interesting thing that jumped out to me is he said, you know, they're mining coal to serve the steel industry. they're not necessarily putting this into power plants. that's getting at what i'm saying. coal has gone in the power sector from about half of electricity comes from coal to less than a third today. and that's because of fracking that has made n...

Water pipes this year. they returned to detroit's water system in 2015 but residents must still use filters or bottled water. president trump promised to bring back coal mining jobs and after his executive order, that stopped a protection will come up mining companies have begun hiring again. a senior correspondent reports from kentucky it's a revival that may not live up to what it once was. carlos is a career kentucky coal miner he's doing something he hasn't done three years, mining coal. >> i'm glad to be working. thankful that i got a job again. a bounce in the economy created a demand fo...

Water pipes this year. they returned to detroit's water system in 2015 but residents must still use filters or bottled water. president trump promised to bring back coal mining jobs and after his executive order, that stopped a protection will come up mining companies have begun hiring again. a senior correspondent reports from kentucky it's a revival that may not live up to what it once was. >> narrator: carlos is a career kentucky coal miner he's doing something he hasn't done three years, mining coal. >> i'm glad to be working. thankful that i got a job again. a bounce in the economy create...

Miner, doing something he hasn't done in three years. he is mining coal. >> thank youful to have a job again. >> reporter: bounce in the economy created demand for steel. you need coal to make it adversary moved out of the house and president moved in started rolling back regulations that crippled mining. here at the mine since 2012 they have laid off 460 guys. in the last two months they have hired back 90. as technology advances, equipment becomes more efficient requiring less manpower. in the obama years some coal fired plants shut down or infrastructure to burn natural gas. that put coal i...

Word. the environmental protection agency blamed for killing many of the best paying jobs in the region. mining coal of course. steve brown is there live. steve, what has the epa done to deserve such a bad reputation in part of ohio? >> reporter: well the first thing we need to point out about eastern ohio it is a swinging type of area. it supported democrats and republican candidates. a lot of ticket splitters out there. it used to be home of a awful lot of manufacturing jobs. a lot of those have disappeared. for blue-collar folks some of the best jobs out there involving mining coal, working...