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Appalachia. >> issued an executive order reopening federal land to the new coal leases and rolled back environmental rules including ones aimed at requiring the coal industry to monitor and report toxic mining waste in waterways. >> they stop the the requirements for companies to report and now halted a study that would investigate whether there are in he public health impacts for communities that are in the vicinity of mountain top removal mining. that fits into an overall pattern of setting science aside. >> the national mining association, which represents coal miners pointed to a july stud...

Study that said there is no conclusive evidence connecting mountain top mining with health hazards and questioned whether studying the health impacts is even necessary, saying, quote, these mining practices today account for less than 1% of total u.s. coal production. >> coal mining advocates say studying showing a link between cancer and mining don't take into account other lifestyle factors. it is worth noting that the trump administration halted a study that was being done by independent, nongovernment institutions that congress actually chartered to advise the government on scientific matt...