31. In guerrilla strongholds, the FARC raises money for the war effort by taxing cattle ranching, coal mining, oil exploration and the cultivation of drug crops. 32. In Kentucky, coal mining and development have all but obliterated the nut trees that sustained squirrels. 33. In regions of the country where farming, coal mining and heavy industry are dominant, the coalition lost to CSSD. 34. Nobody without a union card for coal mining or iron working ever worked harder. 35. One, for instance, is in Bautzen, in a region torn up by the old East German government for coal mining. 36. Output in the key industries of coal mining, electricity, metallurgy and textiles has continued to decline. 37. OxyContin has become popular in Appalachia, where industries such as coal mining can produce serious injuries and the need for strong painkillers. 38. Recent days have seen protest marches, campus boycotts and strikes in strategic industries like coal mining. 39. So far, coal mining has been relatively immune to the nationalistic concerns that continue to affect foreign investment rules for oil. 40. Some industries, particularly those based on carbon energy, like coal mining, would shrink dramatically, he said. |