Environmental groups across the southeast United States, from Georgia to the Appalachia region, are stepping up their opposition to a controversial but widespread practice by coal companies of removing the tops of mountains with explosives. Full Story »
Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
I have been distressed for so many years, seeing this desecration of a beautiful land, and finding that the government cared more about the greed and profits of the mine owners than about the law, environment, and well being of the people who live there. I hope that the current administration will begin to reverse some of these wrongs, and that more journalists like this one will work to bring these types of issues to the attention of the public.
Mountaintop Mining is one of the truly bizarre practices that go on in this country. There is a chance that the Obama Administration and the Democratically controlled Congress can actually do something about it. This article is a good primer on what that is.
This issue is important for the whole nation but especially to those of us in the Southeast. The blasting fills up the streams and destroys old, growth forests, creates erosion and eyesores. The article explains further the destruction it causes. The Great Smokey Mountains are the most visited of all National Parks.
The article is clear, concise, and well written. The journalist, Matthew Cardinale is biased in his view, but for a good reason he is trying to wake up those of us not paying attention to the destruction of our earth. I did some checking and they do indeed blow off the tops of mountains for very little coal. Hopefully the new administration will put a stop to this type of procedure.
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