Okay… now I’m just confused
Coal officials say jobs and tax revenue key “Coal creates jobs, provides tax revenue and economic development. Every time a mining permit is filed, the coal company must go to the local governmental entities with plans for reclamation, reforestation. It has to be returned to its original contour if there is no plan for development [...]
In Memory – Judy Bonds
“Today all across Appalachia people are remembering environmentalist Judy Bonds on her birthday. Judy lost her battle with cancer back in January of 2011, but her memory lives on and continues to inspire those battling Mountaintop Removal to shout louder and fight harder.” – Tammy Marie Rose ———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values [...]
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———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to destroy them will be to admit that the latter are the only values that interest us. – Aldo Leopold
Anxiety & Passion, Mountaintop Removal Forum 2010
I have stated both at seminars and in general conversation that I am more comfortable in the mountains among the trees and wildlife than I will ever be in social situations. I have social anxiety sometimes to the point where the anxiety paralyzes me. Just the thought of going into a situation where I have [...]
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- Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities, 1970-2004 Shirley L. Stewart Burns (pdf)
- GAO – SURFACE COAL MINING Financial Assurances for, and Long-Term Oversight of, Mines with Valley Fills in Four Appalachian States
- GAO – SURFACE COAL MINING: Characteristics of Mining in Mountainous Areas of Kentucky and West Virginia
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