Comments on: EPA Puts Halt on Mountaintop Removal Permits

By: C.S

C.S — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:56:01 +0000

Good for the EPA. Mountaintop Removal Mining is simply not sustainable, and the “reclaimed” land is never as good as the rich mountain forest ecosystem it replaces. It worries me when I hear pro coal talk like above, because it doesn’t consider the costs of MTR, instead defending it with weak arguments that are completly irrelevant to the environmental issues at hand. Nothing is worth the destruction of our planet on this grand scale. MTR must stop, the Appalachians are far more valuable than the coal. Our future is not in coal.

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By: The Understory » Tell the EPA to Ban Mountaintop Removal

The Understory » Tell the EPA to Ban Mountaintop Removal — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:02:57 +0000

[...] week, EPA admin Lisa Jackson announced that they’d be delaying and reviewing two permits for mountaintop removal mining operations and calling into question more that 100 pending permits that threaten mountains, [...]

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:43:22 +0000

All these negative comments on mountain top mining. I have one question: Have any of you ever visited an reclaimed mountain top mine area? You have no idea how beautiful these places are. We have oak, maple, sycamore and even chestnut trees that are taking over these areas. The deer, bear, and turkeys are flourishing. We have large ponds/lakes that hold 4-5 pound bass. Flat land that can and will be developed. I don’t think you realize what you are trying to do. West Virginia is COAL. What other industry do we have that pays it’s employees $60,000 per year plus benefits? I’ve tried to be civil but this is getting out of hand. You people slam our livelihood and you have no idea what actually take place before, during and after surface mining. I think the inmates are running the asylum.

By: Lawrence MacDonald

Lawrence MacDonald — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:23:00 +0000

Fantastic!! I called the White House number to say thanks, but they only work office hours! (Never heard of voice mail?) But I will call back later, and we all should, because the fossil fool lobby will be out in force to roll this back. And like the post says, we need to keep pushing to have current permits revoked, and then to ban this practice all together!

By: Denny

Denny — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:17:38 +0000

I wish you people would get your head out of your ass and use it for something else besides trying to destroy so many families across the country.

By: Aric Miller

Aric Miller — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:56:34 +0000

Victory!!! So Great!

Smiles!

By: Phil A

Phil A — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:48:27 +0000

So proud and humbled by our friends in communities all over Appalachia who have been fighting to save mountains for decades. More power to you, folks, and keep up the fight. We’ll close ALL the MTR sites before long…

By: hussyb

hussyb — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:45:21 +0000

YES!

a million thank yous to everyone who has been working so hard and risking so much to stop coal. you’re doing it!

By: Spread The Love To The EPA « Citizen Obie

Spread The Love To The EPA « Citizen Obie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:24:45 +0000

[...] Thank you EPA, for finding greenhouse gases to be a threat to public health and welfare and for halting hundreds of mountaintop mining permits. [...]