Comments on: RAN’s Mike Brune, Dr. James Hansen and Daryl Hannah Risk Arrest to Stop Mountaintop Removal http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/23/rans-mike-brune-dr-james-hansen-and-daryl-hannah-risk-arrest-to-stop-mountaintop-removal/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Understory » Appalachians Speak Out (part 3) http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/23/rans-mike-brune-dr-james-hansen-and-daryl-hannah-risk-arrest-to-stop-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-372122 The Understory » Appalachians Speak Out (part 3) Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:55:33 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=3067#comment-372122 [...] Jim Hansen, RAN Executive Director Michael Brune and dozens of Coal River Valley residents in a protest to stop mountaintop removal. Larry plead not guilty and he’s looking forward to making his case before a jury and the public. [...] [...] Jim Hansen, RAN Executive Director Michael Brune and dozens of Coal River Valley residents in a protest to stop mountaintop removal. Larry plead not guilty and he’s looking forward to making his case before a jury and the public. [...]

]]> By: willie http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/23/rans-mike-brune-dr-james-hansen-and-daryl-hannah-risk-arrest-to-stop-mountaintop-removal/comment-page-1/#comment-357231 willie Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:54:32 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/?p=3067#comment-357231 this is great! i've been very happy about the increase in direct and dramatic actions on this front and have participated in some of them myself. I do want to make a point about our movement though, we must must must prioritize alternative job sources for these communities right up there with halting MTR. when the courts halted all new MTR permits back in 99 (or was it 2000?) the industry went up in arms about how it was going to cripple the whole state and since it really would impact a number of communities starved for jobs (thanks to strip-mining, union busting and other coal industry ploys) everyday people got really scared and were mobilized against the ban. The Appalachian coalfields needs jobs and we need not only to say this, but to really come up with plans that would provide for it like the Coal River Wind Project. And we don't just need to advocate for these things with our messaging in the media, the lobbying arm of this movement needs to see to it that we have jobs in legislation. What about big coal money going to create jobs for people to really put some honest-to-god work into bio-remediating the "reclaimed" strip mines? what about money for an appalachian wind industry? I must also say that i am very wary of Dominion Power, Massey Energy or any of these folks getting into the wind game because they'll just use to greenwash their image. also, i would prefer a world where our energy, food and other basic necessities of life are produced locally and where those means of production are held commonly amongst the local community. anyway, great work everyone! keep it up! willie this is great! i’ve been very happy about the increase in direct and dramatic actions on this front and have participated in some of them myself. I do want to make a point about our movement though, we must must must prioritize alternative job sources for these communities right up there with halting MTR. when the courts halted all new MTR permits back in 99 (or was it 2000?) the industry went up in arms about how it was going to cripple the whole state and since it really would impact a number of communities starved for jobs (thanks to strip-mining, union busting and other coal industry ploys) everyday people got really scared and were mobilized against the ban. The Appalachian coalfields needs jobs and we need not only to say this, but to really come up with plans that would provide for it like the Coal River Wind Project. And we don’t just need to advocate for these things with our messaging in the media, the lobbying arm of this movement needs to see to it that we have jobs in legislation. What about big coal money going to create jobs for people to really put some honest-to-god work into bio-remediating the “reclaimed” strip mines? what about money for an appalachian wind industry?

I must also say that i am very wary of Dominion Power, Massey Energy or any of these folks getting into the wind game because they’ll just use to greenwash their image. also, i would prefer a world where our energy, food and other basic necessities of life are produced locally and where those means of production are held commonly amongst the local community.

anyway, great work everyone! keep it up!

willie

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