Miners like James Dials say mountaintop removal coal mining preserves jobs . The U.S. Department of Energy says the mine will create about 1,000 permanent jobs. Environmentalists and historians say the mountains should be preserved . `` That is the bottom line , I have got to work , '' Dials says .
Miners like James Dials say mountaintop removal coal mining preserves jobs . Health researchers worry about the effects of mining ; the EPA has frozen mining permits . Environmentalists and historians say the mountains should be preserved . `` That is the bottom line , I have got to work , '' Dials says .