The Dark Ages
Mountainsaver and I were in Drews Creek Monday with a DEP official concerning the water in the last post. The official was a hell of a nice guy and after looking at the site we were standing around bs’ing when he said something that immediately made me think – therein lies the problem with nearly [...]
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 [...]
When In Workman’s Creek – DO NOT Drink The Water
I believe the title says a lot. And now for the rest of the story. Mountainsaver and I went to Workman’s Creek today. I came back with a new appreciation for clean water. ———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to [...]
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 [...]
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