Mountaintop Removal in Kentucky

The Destruction of the Appalachian Mountains due to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

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• Mountaintop
• Removal
• strip mining
• Clean
• Coal
• mining
• Kentucky
• sludge
• slurry
• Appalachia
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[grizzly3883]

@mountainjustice and u also have the bennits amd nally and hamaltion which hamaliton is owned my tommy and steven hamaliton

[mountainjustice]

@grizzly3883 As far as Nally & Hamilton, you might search for the video "Harlan County Fish Pond" about Elmer Lloyd, who lives below a Nally and Hamilton mine. There are coal companies that act responsibly, there is some land that has been put to good use after mining. But the vast majority of it - about 95 percent - is never developed, its just a wasteland. Without the trees and the forest, the communities below the mine get flooded.

[mc3306]

Why don't you show the finished and reclaimed sites?  The ones where we've built housing developments, golf courses, sports complexes, airports, etc. Showing these pictures is like someone showing pictures of a surgeon's work in the middle of an operation. It looks gruesome, but after the operation is complete and the patient has recovered, it looks good. Also, the elk population that thrived in this region, Eastern Kentucky, has been returned thanks to mountain top development.

[mountainjustice]

@mc3306 The mixed-mesophytic forests of Appalachia are the most biologically diverse temperate hardwood forests in the world. Replacing lush forests with fescue and lespedeza is a complete degradation of the ecosystems that provide wildlife habitat and fresh clean water to millions of people.

I am aware of the Stonecrest golf course, the airports, the prisons and the elk - the elk program is a greenwashing program by the coal companies and Fish and Wildlife cronies to make MTR look good.

[VTWIN2005]

Then we have a problem. I mean after all if I hurt your kids would you stop me? We can do things responsible. We have too. It always cost us more to do the right thing. In everything. But, we must do things right. I love the mountains. I love the people. but, hey I love electricity too. Anyway thanks for letting me step up on a soap box for a minute.

[mountainjustice]

@VTWIN2005 Welcome to the You Tube soap box. Thanks for your comments. Just to be clear, I am adamantly opposed to mountaintop removal mining.

As far as property rights, everyone is for the right to do with their own property whatever they want ... until their neighbor decides to start a scrap metal yard next door. The problem with this mining is that folks living below the mine are getting flooded, because there are no trees to soak up the rainfall.

[SereneiBE]

Thumbs up to ban mountain top Removal.

[rabbidCOON1]

I tell u wht i think about this dumb shit if u dont like it dont use electric its crazy tht people go out and work ever day to give some dumb son of a bitch like them electric

[Dreoilin]

Is there anywhere in American that is still considered SACRED? A place that isn't state or national forest?!?!

[coonhuntbmch]

At least the coal miner's work and provide for their families instead of laying around at the house on well fare. Friends of coal!

[VTWIN2005]

I agree with your comments. I know of one case in east Kentucky where there was a 4 foot vain of coal they removed the top of the mountain and the coal paid for the excavation. they then built a wal-mart and kroger on the sight. It was done smart as far as I know. All though in most cases from what I've seen there is no responsibility in what they are doing. I very opposed to that.