This morning's New York Times had an editorial, "Appalachia's Agony," on the "longstanding disgrace of mountaintop mining." It's definitely worth reading in full, but the bottom line is that President Obama (and Congress) need to step in ASAP and put a halt to this environmentally destructive disgrace before it does even more damage to Appalachia's environment and communities. As the NY Times writes, "recent court decision has given the green light to as many as 90 mountaintop mining projects in Appalachia’s coal-rich hills, which in turn could destroy more than 200 miles of valleys and streams on top of the 1,200 miles that have already been obliterated." That's not acceptable, and I urge our leaders in Washington, DC to put a stop to this "crime" (as Al Gore correctly calls it) now.
NY Times on the "longstanding disgrace of mountaintop mining"
Monday, March 16, 2009
This morning's New York Times had an editorial, "Appalachia's Agony," on the "longstanding disgrace of mountaintop mining." It's definitely worth reading in full, but the bottom line is that President Obama (and Congress) need to step in ASAP and put a halt to this environmentally destructive disgrace before it does even more damage to Appalachia's environment and communities. As the NY Times writes, "recent court decision has given the green light to as many as 90 mountaintop mining projects in Appalachia’s coal-rich hills, which in turn could destroy more than 200 miles of valleys and streams on top of the 1,200 miles that have already been obliterated." That's not acceptable, and I urge our leaders in Washington, DC to put a stop to this "crime" (as Al Gore correctly calls it) now.
