Slip of the Tongue or Ignorant of the Facts
Personally I don’t like any of the three possible future Presidents. As I have heard a few people say – I have become a one issue voter. And the issue is the future use of coal. The reasoning behind it is simple – more coal usage means more mountaintop removal. I especially hate to hear [...]
Hiking Schumate Hollow… or what’s left of it
The photos in this post I took over the Memorial Day weekend. The first photo – I was thinking, Beauty and the Beast. I hate to waste a good title but unfortunately hiking Schumate Hollow is no longer an option.———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they [...]
Valley of the Damned
I know the title may not seem appropriate but what else could you call it? Progress maybe… If all of the destruction on the upper ridges were not enough – at the base of this monstrosity sits 2.8 billion gallons of coal slurry. The pond in the next 2 photos is the one behind Marsh [...]
Valley Fills Are Made Of This
I was back in Clay’s Branch for most of the afternoon today. This time instead of being there with a filmmaker I was there with a professional photographer. I also came at the site from a different direction and was enlightened in a scary way. The site is directly connected to the site behind Marsh [...]
The Sound of Appalachia
This post doesn’t have so much to do with mountaintop removal but has quite a lot to do with a couple of authors to this blog and the culture and heritage associated with the mountains. As much as I hate to admit it, before starting this battle I wasn’t very familiar with Appalachian folk music. [...]
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