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was fome and f my siblgs. we all drew streth anopportuny om that ddamn was ho in the untain.lgs. we all drew streth - a fferenand bett thworland theyadictu the urage too loing for . that a fantaic thing yoknow, i and on the shouers of tt. my fatr, my brhers, stand the shoulde of thr work a their srifice. - it really importt to ackwledge the coributionf coal miners. people rked thei lives and ey delived a lot energy which built our nation. coal gave the ste engine, it g,
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it gavus the iron to makthoss the are thforceshat are cracngt out nares teonics. with ethquakesnd buding volnoes. i've comto think of ournfe on thearth as man tectics. ofime the thropoce, thage of hans.iod the coined impt ofur popation, our chnologynd our desireoe is reshang the earth ase know i ning invves blasti off - mounl e top ofhe mountai with elosives.
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then thescrape ay the co.basicae and u've repceit ry lwithssential rubble, and our que for coal hareshapedhe landspe, foed arounthe co industr very. manyf these mmunitiewere - owing upn this aa, al was aart of ery fabr of yourife. there wa't anyons fami, anyo of yourriends anything whdid not haveomethingo do wi the coaindustry r countys the biggest al produr in t state and we ve led coal proction foyears. - wh you worin the al mine r a livi, r countys the biggest al produr coalecomes part of y. you go uerground mileunder thearth. imine ro dust going ere
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it gets on youin yourclothe, under yo nailsin yo eyes anyour mou. there'somethin spirual abouit. yobecome cnect to th thing ia sense. becomesart of y. gnificant to t peop who liv here. - coal inot justomething that y u know, u can ta a lot of priden being meone o works th your nd and ur back put foore. -onhe tableor your mily, that y or that u can afrd college ucation for yo k. i don'think lks fr other parts the coury fully apprecte whahappen r a midd class qlityfor yo k. life dippears.cle at oneime, thiarea at livedver herewe haa lot ofines goi on. and noit's a l differe.
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you'reooking a a 77drop of bs. it just e first quarteof, - [rn] at th facilit layos 0 and me peopluess. is is qut and they bout this out of bkruptcy littlever a ye ago. - arbara] what yosaw wasea those bs decling dratically buthen evewhen we arted burning re and me coal,, the jobsere still dippearing because were meanizg. - when iot laid off, iediy i startelooking r other jobs, t. when i dn't recee a callback i . was downn myselfecause, i meann
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to not wking, it hard to be ok with th. [barba] even iyou got rid ofhe, coal sll has ermous prlems comping in thearketpla. - it's n coming ck. every mmunit inthat washat the jority of conveations we was, y knowwhat aree gonna do? i've heard thaso many mesme tt. rough th time peod. no, od thingcome peoplwho hustle good tngs comeo people who doo, somethi elseome until th can achve good tngs comeo people who doo, atever ee they want to hieve. yocan't, y have toork. u just he to fige out a differt way to do it all rit bub, untain cmbin'. how e you, bdy?
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hodo youant your haircut? - go. - u dogo. good? [mom] nowe're not dointhat. - oh, myesus, caain amera. - oy] hey,t's on mshirt. - i aduated rber schl, i tooky barberxam d i stard workin it'shanged mlife. i lovehat i doeven me so than coa i love rbering. - nhow ma of youruddies laid ofright no - epers. - probly, i wod th i've ev worked th. - [bro] dag go. - mean i'm third generati coal mir, it runin my bld. lostverythinthat i'vever of the d you're t goingo. - esd to bable to ly on co to sarhead enomies of etern kencky d appalaia
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for thnext huned yearlike ihas do. you knowat some int you have try is doi the se thing over a on you kndifferenresult,ouand yoreg is doi the se thing over a on get a drent sult in is situaon. we, in order to ge oursves back up onur feet we he to fus on dirse seri of projts. - the coany that work for, we' a coal compan we hava lot of coal asts and i s asked look atur - reclm mine se and toay fookwhat areome ideaan and you ow what faout theyay seem whatev, bring to us. i said l me makeyou kn, a few one call and you ow what fad so themy frien whadamad this ea. us. - and said whyon't we a rewable engy proje, and ry said we whatoes thatean? - and said whyon't we said, we, hell a reit'solar pansoje, and ry said we thoseig windmls oromethi.thatean? - and think iyokia surprid him little b 'cause i saidwea a reit'solar pansoje,
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- and said youe, seriously? - and think iyokia surprid him little b 'cause i saidwea a and he like, yh.je, he sd, you kw, adam,'m alin if itreates js for ople and helps r cn upn top ofsreclaid mine se. 0 megawa facilit - you kn, ryan a i joke that ih a few yearago we wld've been runuta townn a rail but peop know th the onomy ishanging - the y back tthedthis pject? igguntains ck there,t. - [ryan]o you'realking abofanels aneach megatt is about00 hom or mething at it pors. so, hofully,f we c do this it's gna provi a whe lot ofower. - i thk what rn's doin is amazi for youer peopl
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i me, that'sope r the fure. - i thk what rn's doin th trusthat he is akdoing thright thg.l being ck in at coal rycountrs woulbe as faalong were fro i woundp feeling sense ofwe d respecfor thei imagation ancourage that iadn't hawhen i w younr and mo foolish d can app the sam iingeity to tay.age - [ada yeah, tt's righ (lightramatic musi - the tenology of my grdfather' peop have ways elved fr one tecology tonother. ingenuy moves all fward d that ges me ho.
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the envinmentalce change'ven ows thateople it's tching re peop right n. and the's now y i uld justtay sint and wch it haen. (crowd cering) my teaand i ha collted visu evidenc of t epic chges i' seen hotrillionof tonsof gla. eeping t earth tay. i'veeen thatelt ter entethe seas and floothe astlinesf america. how rning co, oil an gas oks the r we brehe.
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i've sn how th altered airs until ey explo in we t pecleawater an alienaba stle clima. air. weepend onhe stabity ofhe fundantalrg) foes of thworld, a imbalae in onelement leadto an imbalance innother. peoplere the oy elemen th can choe to imint in t fabric time.es arei the thin we knowe shldn't doand the ings do wi grace, uth anhonest cmitment.
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