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Who Killed the Miners?

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Recent mining disasters demonstrate that the Bush Administration should be called to account for replacing federal mine regulators, who were identifying hazards and meeting requirements, with industry-friendly stand-ins.

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Erik Reece
Erik Reece is the author of Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness, out this month from Riverhead.

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Life remains cheap in the coalfields of Appalachia because of the Bush Administration's incompetence and neglect in the face of human and environmental tragedy.

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