Comments on: No More Excuses Mr. President, End Mountaintop Removal

By: JOHN DELANO

JOHN DELANO — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:15:05 +0000

Read my comments -originofquake [discuss]
The indians , our american indians love the land and where they have land in southern Alabama they drilled 532 wells ,only 2,000 feet deep each one. Once they dewater the well [suck the water out]the well gives up its methane gas.
The wells produce 30 million dollars each year and the public utility connects the wells with a pipeline. The project has one employee who mails out the royality , dividend checks to the investors.
What we do with the present process of destruction is “caveman” logic.

By: Sally Stapp

Sally Stapp — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:47:32 +0000

We bicycled 160 miles through the beautiful Silver Valley in Idaho on a Rails to Trails disused railroad grade. Scattered along the trail were warnings to stay on the trail, don’t touch the dirt, wash your hands often, don’t drink or even touch the water in the beautiful creeks. We rode past an 120 acre tailings pile – maybe 20 feet tall that had been there since 1929! I suspect there are many examples of similar warnings in the Appalachia Mts. We don’t need to scope th effects of the mining, transporting, storing, shipping, or burning COAL. King Coal has provided us with a plethora of examples of the significant adverse affect of relying on this source of energy. The captains of the coal industry and all fossil fuel addicts need to embrace the renewable energy clean team and LEAVE FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND. Really! Most third graders could tell you that COAL is a bummer. Stop listening to the billionaires who want to make MORE MONEY

By: Rick Maverr

Rick Maverr — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:10:05 +0000

I hope Obama is better to the mountains than Mitt Romney would be.

By: Elizabeth Izzo

Elizabeth Izzo — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:36:19 +0000

Counting on you to help us move forward with our Environmental Causes

By: Alexandra Barlowe

Alexandra Barlowe — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:03:22 +0000

Just think about the name. Mountaintop removal? Why is this something we would ever want to do?

By: Anna Louise E. Fontaine

Anna Louise E. Fontaine — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:48:13 +0000

After more than 20 new scientific studies have been published linking mountaintop removal mining to health problems including significantly higher rates of cancer, heart disease and birth defects in Appalachia, the administration continues to approve permits for mountaintop removal mines. You have to do something to stop this situation and promote clean energies .
Thanks.

By: Jim Limbach

Jim Limbach — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:10:25 +0000

This style of coal mining is deadly. Children are the first to get sick and die.

By: jimmy joe

jimmy joe — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:25:07 +0000

i luv muntains

By: John Poggi

John Poggi — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:51:21 +0000

Thanks for all you do!

By: Beth Henry

Beth Henry — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:54:52 +0000

There’s no excuse for genocide.