mountaintop coal removal
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mtnmama
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Save the mountains
Hamtero...this is a horrible story.
I was unaware this was going on but I will take action
now and get invloved.
Thanks for the information.
Hamtero...this is a horrible story.
I was unaware this was going on but I will take action
now and get invloved.
Thanks for the information.
AMF
New member
Re: mountaintop removal
Its an amazing method of mining thats been going on for some time, despite many legal challenges. In these days of wetland and floodplain regulation, courts have time and again upheld the exemption of the process. The WV Highlands Conservancy (www.wvhighlands.org) (sorry, haven't figured out how to make it active!) has a good discussion of the issue on their website in the section "mining matters" . As someone who deals regularly with EPA and COE regulations, I never cease to be astounded by how special interests manage to get themselves exempted from various environmental rules. (OK, enuff of the soapbox!)
(wow... it automatically hotlinked the site!! ain't technology grand when it works?!?)
Its an amazing method of mining thats been going on for some time, despite many legal challenges. In these days of wetland and floodplain regulation, courts have time and again upheld the exemption of the process. The WV Highlands Conservancy (www.wvhighlands.org) (sorry, haven't figured out how to make it active!) has a good discussion of the issue on their website in the section "mining matters" . As someone who deals regularly with EPA and COE regulations, I never cease to be astounded by how special interests manage to get themselves exempted from various environmental rules. (OK, enuff of the soapbox!)
(wow... it automatically hotlinked the site!! ain't technology grand when it works?!?)
blacknblue
Active member
Somewhere, Wendell Berry is shaking his head.
Quietman
Well-known member
This is freakin' insane! 
HAMTERO
Active member
You can take action
If you check the link you can easily send an e-mail to your congress person.
If you check the link you can easily send an e-mail to your congress person.
Gris
New member
This (along with other incredible trasngressions) has been goin on a while and was covered in great depth in Bobby Kennedy's pre-2004-presi-election book. I would give the title but my post might get deleted as the title is quite political. It's a great read though, very eye opening, as is his weekly radio show.
HAMTERO said:
If you are really serious about it, you should send a letter the old fashioned way. It carries far more weight then a ready-made hot link anyone-can-send-it-in-0.4-seconds e-mail.
Tim
Woody
Active member
There was a good article about this destructive practice serveral months ago in National Geographic Magazine.
