Comments on: Obama Administration’s Disappointing Position on MTR

By: Mountaintop Removal Horror Show Moving Forward with over 80 New Permits « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:38:30 +0000

[...] and harms communities, but after pressure from the mining industry and various pro-coal politicians they signaled their retreat. Now we could see an entire new round of destruction from these new permits. To date, 500 [...]

By: The Understory » Mountaintop Removal Horror Show Moving Forward with over 80 New Permits

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:27:08 +0000

By: elizabeth ralston

elizabeth ralston — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:26:10 +0000

President Obama AND HIS FAMILY need to make a visit to the area-and speak with the people to see what the physical and human damage that is being done to our natural resources for the purpose of human greed.

By: Julie Stuckey

Julie Stuckey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:05:17 +0000

Thank you RAN for keeping everyone updated.

It’s all about $. When I hear the person I voted for say “clean coal”… my skin crawls.

How ANYONE could look at the skeletal remains (leftover rock dumps)and NOT be broken-hearted, is beyond my comprehension.

MTR is total ecological devastation. The coal mining corporations throw a little top-soil down, plant a few trees it’s considered restored. How can we be THAT ignorant? The trees do not even grow! The lush green forest that was so rich in biodiversity, is now a barren grassy wasteland.

How can it be stopped?

By: Diane MacInnes

Diane MacInnes — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:53:47 +0000

There is no such thing as clean fossil fuel, whether it be coal or natural gas. Natural gas extraction using horizontal hydraulic fracturing in deep shale poses serious threats to public health and safety, just as mountain top coal mining does. It is short sighted to contaminate our most precious resource, water, by continuing these outdated “fossilized” approaches. It is time to face the future squarely and change the way we use as well as create energy.

By: Andrea Pennisi

Andrea Pennisi — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:09:35 +0000

MTR is simply criminal and the Obama’s administration are

supporting a criminal activity !

By: Ben Zimmerman

Ben Zimmerman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:09:35 +0000

Having strongly supported Barack and campaigned for him during the election, I do realize the difficulties the Bush administration has provided him. I would hope that Barack does strengthen his commitment to the environment, including to fight mountaintop mining. I do cringe when I hear him referring to “clean coal” and must believe that he is naive about the subject. With time I do expect better things from the Obama administration concerning the environment.