Fossil-fuel apologists have accused the Obama administration of waging a war on coal, but the real war is the one coal companies have for years carried out against the health and safety of their workforce.
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A memorial for the 29 miners killed in the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia. (Photo by jamiev_03 via Flickr.)
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<p>A memorial for the 29 miners killed in the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia. (Photo by jamiev_03 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10524458@N05/4524909126/in/photolist-7TRkQA-cENpKb-4L5qd3-8gLpVL-jNuRx-7YaxsW-9NbCyW-7Y7jHP-7Y7nf2-7RB2ta-7Y7Vh6-cENqMN-cENpyE-cENqwE-cENq6q-cENpfU-cENnSA-cENozw-cENoq3-cENoFb-cENp3E-cENof5">via Flickr</a>.)</p>