HUNTINGTON - The United Mine Workers union would not oppose a ban on mountaintop removal as a "long-term goal" for Appalachia, a union spokesman says.
Only a handful of mountaintop removal operations are unionized. Union officials don't want to abandon those UMW members.
But union officials say they understand that local residents have serious concerns about mountaintop removal's impacts, and the UMW is willing to talk with coalfield citizens who are working to try to abolish the practice.
Union won't oppose a ban, official says
