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	Podcast:		Inside Appalachia
	Episode:		Appalachia's Connection to the United Kingdom
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:53:23
	Publish Date:		2019-02-08 13:03:20
	Description:		For many people in central Appalachia, coal mining doesn't just mean jobs or the ability to earn a good living right out of high school. We’re also talking about identity and culture. On this week’s episode of Inside Appalachia, we are taking another listen to a show that originally aired last year. We’ll explore the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental regulations and learn about the decline of coal production in the United Kingdom. We'll also revisit a 2014 conversation about the connections between Appalachian folk music and traditional ballads from Scotland and Ireland. When President Trump wants to talk coal, he comes to West Virginia, so it wasn't surprising that he visited Charleston in August, 2018, just hours after his administration unveiled a long-awaited overhaul of the Obama administration's signature climate change regulation. "Since Donald Trump was elected to president, coal mining has picked up, and he made his promise, and he’s keeping it and continue to
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