The Last Mountain
Massey Energy is in the process of blowing up Coal River Mountain, the highest remaining mountain in West Virginia. Here is the story of those who fought the destruction.
Big coal has destroyed the 500 biggest mountains in West Virginia. They set off enough explosives every week to equal a Hiroshima-sized bomb. They're destroying mountains that have been here since the creation of Pangea, all to remove a substance that, when burned, is one of the main drivers of global warming.
I'm no Luddite, nor some hippie-dippy Utopian who thinks we don't need much energy. But this, my friends, is insane.
Massey Energy is in the process of blowing up Coal River Mountain, the highest remaining mountain in West Virginia. Here is the story of those who fought the destruction.
Big coal has destroyed the 500 biggest mountains in West Virginia. They set off enough explosives every week to equal a Hiroshima-sized bomb. They're destroying mountains that have been here since the creation of Pangea, all to remove a substance that, when burned, is one of the main drivers of global warming.
I'm no Luddite, nor some hippie-dippy Utopian who thinks we don't need much energy. But this, my friends, is insane.
posted by Winston Smith at
5:50 PM
5 Comments:
May I remind you that Massey is the group that brought you the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, and an independent investigation found that (SHOCKINGLY) was caused by a failure to follow safety procedures (because they got in the way of making money).
Mine operators also want to take out Blair Mountain.
I love my state, but I really really can't stand some of the damned coal companies.
Yes, they think that the world is flat
Not quite Anonymous. They think the world SHOULD be flat.
Hi Random Michelle K,
I was riffing on "Earthmover" by Southern Culture on the Skids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxDqv3_ysdM
MK--
Ugh. Right. *That* Massey Energy. What a piece work they are.
Sorry we're all flattening your state with our air conditioners... I'm trying to cut back, for my part.
A--
LOL SCOTS! I love those guys...
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