White House Forum on Environmental Justice (Part 3)

[joyangels4caylee]

Even the best reclamation provides no comfort to nearby families and communities whose drinking water supplies have been polluted and whose homes will be threatened by floods for the hundred or thousands of years it will require to re-grow a forest on the mined site.

There are currently no federal or state agencies tracking the overall extent or cumulative impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining.

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[joyangels4caylee]

Coal dust, clay and toxic chemicals such as arsenic mercury, lead, copper, and chromium. Impoundments are held in place by mining debris, making them very unstable.RECLAMATION — While reclamation efforts such as stabilization and revegetation are required for mountaintop removal sites, in practice, state agencies that regulate mining are generous with granting waivers to coal companies. Most sites receive little more than a spraying of exotic grass seed.

[joyangels4caylee]

The waste from the mining operation, also known as overburden or spoil, is dumped into nearby valleys, burying streams. According to an EPA environmental impact statement, more than 1,000 miles of Appalachian streams were permitted to be buried as of 2001.The coal is washed and treated before it is loaded on trains. The excess water left over from this process is called coal slurry or sludge and is stored in open coal impoundments. Coal sludge is a mix of water.

[joyangels4caylee]

Many Appalachian coal seams lie deep below the surface of the mountains. Accessing these seams through surface mining can require the removal of 500-800 feet or more of elevation. Blowing up this much mountain is accomplished by using millions of pounds of explosives.Coal and debris is removed by using this piece of machinery, called a dragline. A dragline stands 22 stories high and can hold 24 compact cars in its bucket. These machines can cost up to $100 million.

[joyangels4caylee]

There are 6 main components of the mountaintop removal process: CLEARING — Before mining can begin, all topsoil and vegetation must be removed. Because coal companies frequently are responding to short-term fluctuations in the price of coal, these trees are often not even used comercially in the rush to get the coal, but instead are burned or sometimes illegally dumped into valley fills.BLASTING — Many Appalachian coal.

[joyangels4caylee]

Fraction of what conventional methods require.

The US Environmental Protection Agency defines mountaintop removal as follows:

“Mountaintop removal/valley fill is a mining practice where the tops of mountains are removed, exposing the seams of coal. Mountaintop removal can involve removing 500 feet or more of the summit to get at buried seams of coal. The earth from the mountaintop is then dumped in the neighboring valleys.”

[joyangels4caylee]

Help save Endwell WV Mountaintop removal is a relatively new type of coal mining that began in Appalachia in the 1970s as an extension of conventional strip mining techniques. Primarily, mountaintop removal is occurring in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Coal companies in Appalachia are increasingly using this method because it allows for almost complete recovery of coal seams while reducing the number of workers required to a fraction .

[MyTinyTrain]

If the American people could see the kind of Bullshit that going on behind closed doors with the Administration, they would march on Washington DC with pitch Forks. When someone knocks on your front door and says" Hi, I'm the US government just stick a gun in their face and say, get lost"! Better yet, come back here again and you'll need at flack jacket.

[MyTinyTrain]

I'll stick a boot up your Ass you Big Government central planning nanny state Red. This is exactly what is killing this nation. For example, the whole global warming bullshit that has fell off the radar screen because it a bald face lie!

[1nature2future]

when you do not back up a Democrat Presidebt with a Democrat senate and congress, you make it extremely difficult for good protective regulations and sustainable policies to be passed, funded or implemented. Stop Voting Republican!

[GEORGEZNEMETH]

Is this asshole really getting paid for this shit? What a loser!

[memama2]

The entire thing is one big con. Lies. Eco gestapo edicts that will ruin the American Economy. I think that we could use about 666,000 less Government grifters edicting ANYTHING to the rest of us. Stay out of our lives. Electricity is what helps the USA stay outta of the dark ages. Dig more coal. Drill for more oil. Light up the entire house. Turn the heat up HIGHER! THIS IS AMERICA! & we ain't accepting the demorats stupid notion of super heated flat earth any longer. Their lies are exposed ~

[graphattic]

Hey Fucking Whitehouse, when do you dumb sold out fucks get it? Talking aint doing nothing for the Health, or the Environment or Economy. What about doing something bitches? The Reps will whoop your flip flop ass in 2012, and then we are back to the dark ages. Cant you people fucking do something before the other crazy bastards get you? You fucking people dont even earn the water you drink. Chatting useless fucks.... Prosperity, blah blah blah.... yak yak yak, now go and kiss some corporate ass.

[Deeman2323]

For real? Does anyone really believe this crap? Laws, taxes, money, special favors to their friends. This is not about health, it is about grants...... They talk about growing food and selling it at farmers markets? Really, they are making so many laws to limit, stop, tax, control the ability to grow anything in our own yard.

Studying Uranium? They know what it does and they still use it around the world. OMG how will we stop these killers? School lunch? Design communities? Affordable Care Act?

[PATRICELUMUMBAS]

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[InternetBully1]

أمريكا هي سيئة

AMERICAN CAN SUCK

[utubeboob9]

@InternetBully1 Up yours you 6th century back wood retard!! Your just pissed cause AMERICA put a boot up your ass!! Your a bunch of mommy and baby killers. You treat your woman like dogs. I wish Israel would just go ahead and kick your ass's again!! Bunch of pussies!! Best thing about the JEWS is how they own your ass's!!! BAAAHAAAAA.

[xreagenx]

NIGGER

[groundhog2008]

I am so glad that we finally have an administration that will work to improve the environment!! Being environmental is a necessary evil!! I believe that most Americans agree that the funding for clean, green energy should come from government and state fees on all fossile fuels!!!! This will spur innovation, create jobs, clean air for our inner city children to breathe!! So many thumbs down!!!! Tell, me what is there not to like about this?? Dont just talk about it, just do it!!!!

[Deeman2323]

@groundhog2008 All great in theory, but this is not what they are doing and they do not care about your air, water, food, etc. Do your research, why is there toxins added to your water, what is being sprayed in the Chemtrails, do you think GMO foods and mass farming is healthy? Come on, this is all about money for THEM! Not about cleaning our air! Wake up All!

[DemocraticFreedom]

The silence is deafening within the Democratic Party when asked who can articulate a plan for paying down the national debt? As we all know, this is the main crisis eating away at our country and milking us all dry.

[DemocraticFreedom]

Will someone name me a leader in government who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing in order to get our jobs back? More important, what are we going to do about it since Obama and the other Democratic Party representatives are doing nothing except tear our nation apart?

[Deeman2323]

@DemocraticFreedom No one in our government cares about anything but their pockets. Oh, Sorry there is one that I know of left, Ron Paul. I thought we also had Kucinich, but he has given in to Obama too.

[memama2]

brand new black liberation KKK far left loony reverse racists on parade and promoted by owebummer - the eco con snake oil sales king ~ they gots to go and so does their powdered toast prezczar eco fool

[SteveXnycperformance]

ITS THE GREEN NAZI....