Out of the mouth of babes….
Okay…. being the proud mama that I am, I just had to share a short story about an interaction with my son this week. We’ve discussed MTR with him and he’s seen photos and knows the benefits of renewable energy vs. non-renewable energy. We were driving past a wind farm on a nearby ridge, when [...]
There is NO such thing as Clean Coal……
Clean Coal is just another PR tool of the Coal Industry. Please watch!!! ———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
Speaking of Contaminated Well Water….
Changing a water filter in Prenter, WV (video courtesy of Coal River Mountain Watch): One brilliant solution Coal Companies have come up with for expelling coal waste (slurry) is pumping it into abandoned underground mines. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that eventually it will get absorbed into groundwater…. and thus into well [...]
Selenium in Mud River…..
Selenium, a byproduct of Coal mining, is being found in alarming levels in the Mud River…. thus poisoning the native fish population. From the Associated Press: “Selenium pollution from a Boone County mining operation is poisoning fish in the Mud River, leading to serious deformities, according to a biologist’s report. A. Dennis Lemly prepared his [...]
Green-Collar Jobs?
That’s the future folks! From an article on MSN: “Stronger focus on energy diversity and efficiency means more jobs: opportunities in sustainable energy sources like wind and solar, ethanol production, green building, hazardous waste removal, recycling and consumer goods; jobs in research and development, construction, manufacturing, technology, operations and sales. Perhaps one of the greatest [...]
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