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Article: W.Va. miners set to boycott Tenn. tourism: ; Protest a reaction to legislation that would halt mountaintop removal

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The lush, rolling contours of the Great Smoky Mountains are Tennessees pride and joy, and a major source of tourism revenue. But Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. says he is afraid of seeing those mountains transformed by the regions coal industry their tops blasted off, rivers clogged with debris and majestic forests cloaked in smog from coal-burning power plants instead of the Smokies famous mists. Alexander has introduced legislation to ban the controversial practice of mountaintop-removal coal mining. Now some West Virginia miners are expressing their displeasure with Alexander by boycotting Tennessee tourist attractions. Alexander said he hopes to stop the shearing of mountaintops in West ...

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