le of Appalachia ever real benefits of the coal they mine and the sacrifices they make? NO! Big Coal is too busy filling their pockets and those of politicians they need to influence. While I understand that coal is vital to the economic system in Appalachia, what happens when the coal is gone and the people are no longer needed, the mountains have been all blown up, the creeks and streams are polluted, and the wildlife is killed off? Nothing happens, the companies and landowners will go back to their plush east coast offices and find something new to invest in. Mountaintop removal needs to end now. Coal mining needs to and should continue; however, the people of Appalachia deserve and should see some benefit the sacrifice of their homes, land, time, and lives.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Mountaintop Removal
According to Reuters (here), the Bush administration and the EPA will now be easing restrictions on mountaintop removal through Appalachia. This marks another victory for the big coal companies, and deteriorating the lives and land of the people of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The ignorance and blatant disrespect by President Bush is outrageous. As a state, West Virginia has voted consistently voted Republican for president, yet we are still low balled by big corporations that are absentee landholders and the government. Apparently now even the EPA doesn’t even care about the mountains of Appalachia; all Washington wants is that sweet energy buried in the ground that powers have the east coast. But will the peop
le of Appalachia ever real benefits of the coal they mine and the sacrifices they make? NO! Big Coal is too busy filling their pockets and those of politicians they need to influence. While I understand that coal is vital to the economic system in Appalachia, what happens when the coal is gone and the people are no longer needed, the mountains have been all blown up, the creeks and streams are polluted, and the wildlife is killed off? Nothing happens, the companies and landowners will go back to their plush east coast offices and find something new to invest in. Mountaintop removal needs to end now. Coal mining needs to and should continue; however, the people of Appalachia deserve and should see some benefit the sacrifice of their homes, land, time, and lives.
le of Appalachia ever real benefits of the coal they mine and the sacrifices they make? NO! Big Coal is too busy filling their pockets and those of politicians they need to influence. While I understand that coal is vital to the economic system in Appalachia, what happens when the coal is gone and the people are no longer needed, the mountains have been all blown up, the creeks and streams are polluted, and the wildlife is killed off? Nothing happens, the companies and landowners will go back to their plush east coast offices and find something new to invest in. Mountaintop removal needs to end now. Coal mining needs to and should continue; however, the people of Appalachia deserve and should see some benefit the sacrifice of their homes, land, time, and lives.
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