Comments on: Avatar in Appalachia http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651 END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Dick Blizzard http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651#comment-62753 Dick Blizzard Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:17:42 +0000 http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651#comment-62753 There is a simple solution to this destructive practice. MINE THE COAL UNDERGROUND! If we quit making electricity by burning coal the half the lights in America would go out - that is a fact. Like it or not. The coal companies can make a fair profit mining coal underground, but they can make more by blowing to tops of beautiful mountains. So far they have destroyed over 500 mountains and the damage is permanent. MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL IS DESTROYING SOUTHERN APPALACHIA America desperately needs coal. Coal miners need jobs. Coal can be mined profitably without destroying our beautiful mountains. Mountaintop removal is a despicable and destructive system of mining conceived in greed. It is unbelievable that such destruction is tolerated in this time of environmental awareness, but as always money rules and the lobbyist have the money. The Long Wall* system of underground coal mining is productive, safe, profitable and environmentally acceptable. Big Coal can make big money by mining coal underground, but their greed demands more. Ninety years ago my great uncle, Bill Blizzard,** led 10,000 miners against the coal company’s hired thugs in the battle for a living wage and reasonable working conditions. They fought the big battle at Blair Mountain, W. Va. Many people must step up now and battle to save our mountains. Five hundred beautiful mountaintops have already been blown away forever. In 1920 Uncle Bill and his army fought with guns to right the terrible wrongs, but today, we must fight with our letters and our emails and demand reasonable and responsible methods of coal mining. Forward every letter and every email you receive and hurl as many missiles out into cyber space protesting mountaintop removal as you can. Write a protest and send it to everyone on your list. Don’t bother with politicians. Politicians don’t care about us - they already work for the coal company lobbyist. When we win, Appalachia will win, miners will win and the mountains that God created will continue to stand. environmental Dick Blizzard There is a simple solution to this destructive practice. MINE THE COAL UNDERGROUND! If we quit making electricity by burning coal the half the lights in America would go out - that is a fact. Like it or not. The coal companies can make a fair profit mining coal underground, but they can make more by blowing to tops of beautiful mountains. So far they have destroyed over 500 mountains and the damage is permanent.

MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL IS DESTROYING SOUTHERN APPALACHIA
America desperately needs coal. Coal miners need jobs. Coal can be mined profitably without destroying our beautiful mountains. Mountaintop removal is a despicable and destructive system of mining conceived in greed. It is unbelievable that such destruction is tolerated in this time of environmental awareness, but as always money rules and the lobbyist have the money.
The Long Wall* system of underground coal mining is productive, safe, profitable and environmentally acceptable. Big Coal can make big money by mining coal underground, but their greed demands more.
Ninety years ago my great uncle, Bill Blizzard,** led 10,000 miners against the coal company’s hired thugs in the battle for a living wage and reasonable working conditions. They fought the big battle at Blair Mountain, W. Va. Many people must step up now and battle to save our mountains. Five hundred beautiful mountaintops have already been blown away forever.
In 1920 Uncle Bill and his army fought with guns to right the terrible wrongs, but today, we must fight with our letters and our emails and demand reasonable and responsible methods of coal mining. Forward every letter and every email you receive and hurl as many missiles out into cyber space protesting mountaintop removal as you can. Write a protest and send it to everyone on your list. Don’t bother with politicians. Politicians don’t care about us - they already work for the coal company lobbyist.
When we win, Appalachia will win, miners will win and the mountains that God created will continue to stand. environmental

Dick Blizzard

]]> By: Bruce Jackson http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651#comment-62749 Bruce Jackson Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:33:11 +0000 http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651#comment-62749 Historical places are placed on the list because they were the sight of a major historical event that future generations of Americans should be aware of. DELISTING such a place is a major crime that needs to be stopped. Especially when it turns out that it is for financial gain of a select few very greedy individuals. Historical places are placed on the list because they were the sight of a major historical event that future generations of Americans should be aware of.

DELISTING such a place is a major crime that needs to be stopped. Especially when it turns out that it is for financial gain of a select few very greedy individuals.

]]> By: sam http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651#comment-62547 sam Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:48:06 +0000 http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/651#comment-62547 As with all embarassing US history,we like to ignore it. What about facing our mistakes as a learning curve? As with all embarassing US history,we like to ignore it. What about facing our mistakes as a learning curve?

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