Citizens Arrested in Governor Joe Manchin's Office

Rescind mining permits on Coal River Mountain ~ October 19, 2009

Dear Governor Manchin,

As residents of West Virginias Coal River Valley we write you to declare a state of emergency. Coal River Mountain is our last mountain untouched by mountaintop removal and it is in imminent danger of blasting. This would not only threaten our communities, it would also destroy our chance to have permanent jobs and renewable energy through ridge-top wind power. You have the power to rescind these permits.

At any moment, Massey Energy could blast part of the Bee Tree site, on the containing ridge of the Brushy Fork sludge impoundment. Brushy Fork impoundment, permitted to hold 9.8 billion gallons of toxic sludge, is the tallest dam in the hemisphere, and it sits on top of a network of abandoned underground mines.




We live in fear that the blasting could cause the dam to fail and create one of the greatest industrial disasters in our nations history. The emergency evacuation plan for the Brushy Fork sludge dam states that should it fail, a wall of water 50 feet high would hit Whitesville and result in the deaths of at least 998 people. Given this risk, blasting should not be allowed until your Department of Environmental Protection has conducted a thorough geo-technical examination of the impoundments stability in regards to the underground mines.

"Yes, I'm not certain how close the -- I haven't actually been there to determine the how close the blasting is but blasting in the vicinity of a coal waste impoundment can cause problems, can cause fracturing of rock and create situations where there might be stability problems with the impoundment," former MSHA engineer Jack Spadaro said.

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[reffdozerman]

judy fuckin bonds is a fuckin idiot and shr is contridicting because she is a idiot pays 4 times as many taxes as me i call bullshit unless she is getting paid by a special interest group which i heard she was paid 200,000.00 dollars last year from them so all of you followers how much did you get you fuckin dumbass' lets bankrupt the fuckin state well guess what i am not going to let it happen because i live here to and 1i have a say to just like you fuckin idiots fuck you all bring it you dum

[FluxRostrum]

you stubbornness is creating Chinese Jobs ... Thanks alot.

ourfuture . org / blog-entry / 2009114502 / offshoring-wind-energy

[jimbo8691]

Hey. The MTR info has been fantastic!!! How R U???!!! Peace and Love. Jimbo

[FluxRostrum]

I didn't know you were one on YouTube?! Where the hell ya been?

[williamwagener]

Good Report , Flux

[italstal07]

this will continue until americans follow the egyptian lead...get to the streets by the hundreds of thousands...

[xadam2dudex]

@FluxRostrum sorry to say the turbine generators that are in those wind turbines are made in China..ironic huh ?

[Nevawake]

@bluballzzz least thier not a bag of useless shit like yourself dude. Sit at home do your own selfish thing. Dont stand up for shit coz your a coward. I bet the Bp oil thing hey u just sat back and watched TV football. Or maybe u like making babies. Hey your the type that if in battle u would stay put behind the leading men in a firefight.

Yeah dude i know about u. Your a fucken another 1 i like to call them. Your another 1.

[bluballzzz]

you all got what u deserved for being idiots

[fuzzywuzy]

Go to nuclear power, and re-enrich spent fuel rods. The technology and failsafe systems have come a long way since Three-Mile Island and Chernoble. Don't destroy the beauty that is West Virginia and don't sit in the dark either... I'm sure that federal grants would exist to facilitate the conversion.

[john51880]

@eigdf Wow you can swear, I am impressed!

[eigdf]

@john51880 FUCK Raese!

[john51880]

Vote Raese!