Admitted Quote by Jeff Goodell

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.

— Kevin Richardson

The coal industry is a huge industry when we're talking about polluting the environment, our air and our waterways.

— Gloria Reuben

My father use to say if coal died, the country died. He was right. Our economy rests on the back of the coal miner.…

— Homer Hickam

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

— George W. Bush

Entering 2015, the coal industry clearly continues to face significant challenges.

— Joe Craft

If you look at the casualties, the federal government isn't waging a War on Coal. If anything, coal is waging a war on us.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

There is no plan today to fully give up on coal. Experts point out that our supplies run for another 200 years, and it…

— Andrzej Duda

The coal industry has helped fuel this Nation for 150 years, and coal can be used to heat our homes, power our economy, and…

— Tim Murphy

“Well, coal companies create a lot of problems, most of them anyway. There are a couple of decent ones, but most care nothing about…

— John Grisham

The coal industry in West Virginia, when it is down, people can't buy cars; people can't eat in restaurants. Everything suffers.

— Richard Ojeda

We're spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal?

— George W. Bush

Despite the frequent use of coal miners as a potent political symbol, coal jobs are disappearing - and they're not coming back.

— Tom Steyer