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Growing up deep in the heart of Southern Illinois, I witnessed the destruction of gentle hills by the coal barons' steam shovels. I saw homes ruined by subsidence of collapsing tunnels in worked-out mines. I saw slag heaps burning for years, even decades. I have seen streams so polluted with run off that they looked pristine only because they were too toxic for anything to live there, even algae. I have seen acres of productive farm land ruined by brine spills from poorly constructed dikes around oil wells.
I have seen cemeteries fill with those killed instantly by rock falls or oil-well rocker arms, and those who slowly smothered from black lung disease.
I share your pain, and weep....
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