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If a national climate bill is passed, we’ll have to cut our CO2 emissions, and that means burning a lot less coal. The union for the workers who dig up coal isn’t against the bill, but there are some changes it’d like to see made before it’s passed.
Host Steve Curwood asks United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts about his union’s position on the Waxman-Markey climate bill.