Comments on: Concerned Citizens Take a Stand at Coal River Mountain

By: Edward Tedtmann

Edward Tedtmann — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:00:32 +0000

I am an ex-Cincinnatian, who has traveled Appalachia,and have read ” Night comes To The Cumberland” by Harry M. Caudill. I have seen the mountain beauty before, and the PERMANENT distruction, recently. I have read the list of elected officials taking campaign money from Massey and the other “Peabody’s”. I want PUBLIC financing of political campaigns, to end this corporate whoring.

By: Al Giles

Al Giles — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:36:52 +0000

Stop the environmentally destructive mountaintop removal as part of the coal mining process.

By: King Coal

King Coal — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:28:06 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Y’ALL LOST!

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/13/coal-country-appeals-court-rejects-mountaintop-mining-restrictions/

By: Diane Schoonover

Diane Schoonover — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:56:08 +0000

We need to make our own energy without harming the environment…ex.wind turbines and any renewable resource we have…no polluting and spreading toxic coal tar to harm our people….

By: P.Carol Reed

P.Carol Reed — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:54:48 +0000

I have been a summer resident of SW Va for past 10 years and plan to be full time resident as soon as I can sell my home. I have been completely devastated by the new “Moonscapes” in SW Va as well as in West Virginia. My husband is from WVA. The first time I saw the completely desimated landscape I was in AWE, someone saw us taking pictures (from the Coal Company) and told us the land would be restored to way it was. Well ten years later, it has not been, as well as lots of erosion. I fear that these beautiful areas of the Applachians will become another California with massive mud slides etc. They plant no trees and when they do they plant cheap pines that can be lumbered for paper, instead of hardwoods such as maples that show the beauty and will draw many tourist to area. The Applachians are the oldest mountains in the world, are we going to be known as the generation that let them be destroyed.?

By: Leigh Shader

Leigh Shader — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:49:32 +0000

Dear Governor Manchin,

I wish all the Appalachians which are all connected could stay in beautiful pristine condition – this is the only way we can encourage tourism. The mountains deserve to be protected, as well as the families living there – it is their way of life which is threatened with mountaintop removal. These mountains are millions of years old. When they are removed they are gone forever. Please be a good custodian of our mountains they are our only and best asset!

Please stop Mountaintop removal!

Leigh Shader AIA, LEED AP

By: Bill Tower

Bill Tower — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:07:01 +0000

Dear Sir:

I write to you in solidarity with the “I Love Mountains” organization. It seems to me that what the big coal mining companies are doing is not only environmentally irresponsible, but actually illegal.

West Virginia, as the song says, is “almost heaven”. Please don’t allow the despoilers to make it into a hell.

Regards,
Bill Tower

By: PAT DRESSLER

PAT DRESSLER — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:08:33 +0000

We admire the anti-coal activists for taking a stand
against Big Coal industries that destroy their quality
of life. We need clean energy’s like wind and solar
power to address our energy problems. We can no longer
rely on depleting fossil fuels like coal or oil.
Stop the environmental disasters like the coal industry impact that is destroying the very lifelines of so many people!STOP THE POLLUTERS NOW!

By: carla dimondstein

carla dimondstein — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:34:57 +0000

The devastation caused by mountain top removal to many species, including our own, is staggering. The only part of this process that’s even more extraordinary THAN THAN MINING, is the reality that people, obsessed with the procurement of wealth and power, came up with THIS counterintuitive, SENSELESS method of coal mining. IT MUST BE STOPPED NOW. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GREEN/CLEAN COAL! WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS DO YOU THINK WE ARE. HOW MANY SPILLS AND CONTAMINATED FALLOUTS WILL IT TAKE TO REALISTICALLY ASSESS THIS FOLLY FOR THE STUPIDITY IT IS?
THIS MUST BE STOPPED NOW!! IT IS MADNESS!!LOTS OF MONEY MUST BE INVESTED IN GENUINE ‘ALTERNATIVE’ ENERGY. We need to go with the better energy option, and that�s a wind farm, which is perfect for Coal River MountaiN farmn. We could have a green energy future for the country AND IT MUST START NOW. PSYCHOPATHS LIKE YOU NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITERED!

By: Dru Bacon

Dru Bacon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:11:54 +0000

Please do not commit further crime against the beautiful State of West Virginia. Stop Mountain Top Removal mining.

By: Rochelle Willis

Rochelle Willis — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:30:03 +0000

The lives lost to cancer from toxins in our air, the wildlife and landscape devastation left in the wake of this mountaintop blasting has got to come to a halt. Please take a stand along with others hoping for a cleaner, healthier future for everyone concerned. Move into this new century working towards renewable, clean energy such as wind and solar.

Thank you,

Rochelle Willis

By: JEFFREY D. JONES

JEFFREY D. JONES — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:46:33 +0000

DEAR GOVERNOR MANCHIN, I HAVE BEEN VISITING YOUR BEAUTIFUL STATE SINCE 1995,IT IS MY DESTINATION IN THE SPRING AND AGAIN IN THE FALL. I AM FROM THE SOUTERNTIER OF NEW YORK STATE AND ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY SENIC HERE IT CANNOT COMPARE WITH THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THESE MOUNTAINS TO BE DESTROYED BY THE BIG COAL COMPANIES FOR THE SAKE OF PROFIT. ONCE THEY ARE GONE THEY ARE GONE FOREVER AND CAN NEVER BE REPLACED.PLEASE DO ALL THAT IS WITHIN YOUR POWER TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

BEST REGARDS…JEFFREY JONES

By: sharon adams

sharon adams — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:00:18 +0000

Dear Gov. Manchin:
Please pay attention to the residents of our state who believe that the best route into the future is to move away from the destructive practices that are destroying the land in favor of very short term gains. There are serious ramifications to the mining methods used by Massey Coal, and that is simply too high a price to pay. We see through all levels of our society the costs of allowing corporate interests trump the needs of the people, and mining is no different. We must devise a sustainable way to extract coal without the destruction of the land that contains it, or eliminate the use of it and find alternatives. We cannot put this off.

By: Shawn Keeley

Shawn Keeley — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:50:36 +0000

Please preserve our mountains and promote efficiency and renewables to meet our energy needs. Thank you!