I’m learning a lot here at the Netroots Nation Conference. At a panel on the influence of money in Pennsylvania Politics there was a discussion of how billionaires like Philadelphia’s Jeff Yass have poured money into the Political scene to influence local and state elections. I spoke with panelist Veronica Coptis, Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice, about the influence of money in politics and the adverse environmental and health effects of coal mining in Pennsylvania.