The billboards along the West Virginia interstates advertise many types of coming attractions: the Lion’s Den adult bookstore, Wendy’s hamburgers, the Beckley Travel Plaza. Some also signal the coal industry’s discontent with regulation: “Obama’s No Job Zone,” “Obama’s Job Killing EPA.” The coal industry lost 50,000 jobs in five years, but federal regulations are not the only driver of that decrease ...
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