People like Bill Dials say mountaintop removal coal mining preserves jobs . Health researchers worry about the effects of mining ; the EPA has frozen mining permits . But there are few . Scientists and historians say the mountains should be preserved . ` ` That is the bottom line , I have nowhere to work , '' Dials says .
People like Bill Dials say mountaintop removal coal mining preserves jobs . Health researchers worry about the effects of mining ; the EPA has frozen mining permits . Scientists and historians say the mountains should be preserved . ` ` That is the bottom line , I have nowhere to work , '' Dials says .