Pollution Continues Long After Mining Has Ended
It makes one wonder who is going to be responsible for all of the sediment ponds, slurry injection sites, sludge impoundments, and all the other nasty crap left behind by the coal industry. I was riding in Drews Creek a week or so ago and came upon this abandoned mine site. The mine has undoubtedly [...]
MTR In The Distance
A few months ago a person commented on this blog about being able to see a mountaintop removal sight from nearly any ridge in the coalfields. Usually comments don’t stick with me very long. Thursday I went for a ride along the top of Coal River Mountain and I couldn’t help but think about that [...]
Caring and concerned citizens should support coal.
No, I haven’t gone off the deep end or abandoned my beliefs. The title comes from a radio commercial paid for by my favorite bunch of idiots MTR lobbyists, Walker Machinery. I find most of Walker’s commercials insulting or just plain stupid. The title to this post came with the tagline – Yes Coal, Clean [...]
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.
I attended my first rally yesterday as a concerned citizen community activist environmental extremist. The rally was for the Coal River Wind project and was held in front of the capital in Charleston. I’m not going to talk too much about the project itself because we all know it is the right thing to do. [...]
ACTION ALERT: Massey Coal Company To Begin Destruction
ACTION ALERT: Coal company to begin destruction of major West Virginia wind energy resource Help us ask WV Governor Manchin for “stay of execution” for Coal River Mountain Hey Folks, The residents of the Coal River Valley in West Virginia urgently need your help. While we thought we had months to stop the proposed Mountaintop [...]
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