Comments on: Responding to Harmful Government Inaction, Protesters Stop Blasting on Coal River Mountain

By: Experiments with truth: 11/23/09 / Waging Nonviolence

Experiments with truth: 11/23/09 / Waging Nonviolence — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:52:45 +0000

[...] “concerned citizens” locked down to a drill rig on Coal River Mountain’s Bee Tree mountaintop removal site yesterday morning, effectively stopping the blasting, while two others held a banner with the [...]

By: The Real Jeremy Blanchard

The Real Jeremy Blanchard — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:34:21 +0000

For the record, the “Oregon J Blanchard” person is not me (Jeremy Blanchard). Not sure who is presenting themselves as such.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:33:29 +0000

Solidarity to my friends and comrades who locked down to save Coal River Mountain this weekend.

By: Stringbean

Stringbean — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:24:35 +0000

Oregon, if the article wasn’t clear, they are drilling holes to blast a road for a mountaintop removal coal mine. They are blasting next to an unstable dam that is holding back 7 billion gallons of toxic coal waste. This is an immediate threat to over 1,000 people who live beneath this impoundment. The blasting from these site cracks houses, makes wells dry, showers communities in Silica dust, not to mention the thousands of acres of North America’s most biodiverse forest that will be destroyed and the flooding that will come off the site later. Processing the coal from the site will produce even more coal slurry waste that poisons water and sometimes floods. The coal will then be burned in communities around the country causing serious respiratory problems. The coal ash will then be stored in impoundments like the one that broke in Tennessee last year, devastating an area many times the size of the Exxon Valdez spill. In terms of climate change, most people consider mining and burning coal as the most important thing to STOP doing. I’m not sure how you consider this action a waste of time.

By: AprilHi

AprilHi — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Agreed Devon! And DEFINITELY agreed Mark.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:17:26 +0000

Ever heard of the Aberfan disaster? Is similar horror only a matter of time in W.Va? – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:13:37 +0000

Coal isn’t a very bad environmental issue??? Hahaaaha. That is scary delusional.

By: Devon Wilson

Devon Wilson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:33:55 +0000

Thank you Ms. Goblirsch and Mr. Martin. You are my heroes.