President of the Kentucky Coal Association
President of the Kentucky Coal Association, based in Lexington
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Bill Caylor
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FROM Bill Caylor
To the Point
Leveling Appalachia's Ancient Mountains for Cheap Coal For the past 20 years, coal operators have been removing the tops off peaks and ridges and plugging up streams in the Appalachian Mountains, one of the world’s oldest ranges, allowing them to mine more coal with fewer people than they can with traditional mining. Today, the Bush Administration is issuing new rules for a practice that can…
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