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What is the best way to change this the most quickly? >> the best way to change this is to stop mining and burning coal. i think that is the only way you are going to eliminate mining deaths. mining in these deep underground mines especially is simply a dangerous thing to do. and certainly tougher enforcement would help during the bush administration, the federal mine safety and health administration, the agency that is in charge of overseeing mine safety was sort of notoriously gutted and weakened. now under the obama administration president obama gets a lot of credit for putting in a really...

Prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter? what is the best way to change this the most quickly? >> the best way to change this is to stop mining and burning coal. i think that is the only way you are going to eliminate mining deaths. mining in these deep underground mines especially is simply a dangerous thing to do. and certainly tougher enforcement would help during the bush administration, the federal mine safety and health administration, the agency that is in charge of overseeing mine safety was sort of notoriously gutted and weakened. now under the obama administration president obama get...

Lot of problems because of all the methane that's exuding out of it. so they have been paying a lot of attention to this mine over the last year or so. >> does the methane just come along with the territory, or is this mine in particular more prone to methane. >> all underground mines bituminous coal have problems. this is a gassy mine, a huge mine. there's areas where methane can come out of the coal. typically this happens out of the winter months. odd to have it in the warm months like april. nonetheless, this kind of goes with the territory. >> there were some in the industry that believed...