Far from pro-coal

In his July 19 Perspectives piece "Our Pro-Coal President," United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard uses Orwellian logic to invert the facts behind administration policies that Democrats as well as Republicans have likened to a "war on coal." In Pennsylvania, one company has just idled five mines affecting 225 permanent employees and in eastern Kentucky alone some 1,500 miners have recently lost their jobs in 23 counties.

Read the entire letter here: www.nma.org/pdf/letters/080212_PittsburghPostGazette.pdf