The Truth About Mountaintop Removal

A little clip about Big Coal set to "Living In Kentucky" performed by Dave Parker.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• mountaintop
• removal
• big
• coal
• activism
• grassroots

[dusty1215]

Good video about the raping of the citizens and the earth for cheap energy. Thank you for making it Blue Muse.

[pegwv]

Good work, Thank you!

[janehylton100]

DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING, YOU ARE ALL KILLERS FOR THIS WHO ARE PARTAKERS,YOU ARE DOGS IF YOU CANT PROTECT YOUR OWN LAND, THEN LEAVE IT THAT WOULD MAKE MANY OF US HAPPY, W.V. IS MY HOME

[spindle450r]

Coal mining our future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cardinalsboi22]

@WV24985 Tell me, really, what do your "treehuggers" have to gain from taking your so called job? Ill tell you what we have to gain, a FUTURE. Coal is the only "decent" living because they make it that way. What other industry wants to come into an area where there is blasting and poisoned water? They brainwash our children in school telling them forget the education, coal is the way to go, until they come out as coal industry sheep. I once suported coal, but i broke the brainwashing.

[cardinalsboi22]

@franco1766 You dont think? Thats the problem, people dont think. All that vegitation theyve destroyed, yeah all that "overburden", is what use to soak up the rain water before it reaches the waterways. Now there is no vegitation and just dirt and rock and it runs down the mountains into the valleys swelling the streams. Its all basic grade school science but then again i bet you never paid attention because you were going to be a miner, make big bucks. Why have an education. Be a coal thug

[cardinalsboi22]

@WV24985 the reason MTR sites have less statistics is because they are lazy "miners" who sit in the seat of heavy equipment and pyrotechnics experts. They barely get their hands dirty. The Appalachians are the 2nd most biodiverse forests aside from the Amazon itself and theyre just blowing it up at will. You may have lived in WV all your life, but how many generations. My family lived in the area since before the US was even formed. True Appalachians care about these mountains not the coal.

[cardinalsboi22]

@gholstein80 Its not ok to exploit children but its ok for the coal industry to poison them? Madison has very little direct impact from MTR and is on city water. What about the children of Prenter who only recently got city water. Before that they only had wells. Most of the people who live south of Madison have well water and its that water is being posioned along with the streams. But as long as you get that paycheck i dont expect you to understand.

[gholstein80]

Yea man. I truly loved the way you exploited children. Almost convincing, except for one thing. I've lived in Madison, W.V. pretty much my whole life. Yea man, who is the right and the wrong exploiting children for your personnel well being. My children are healthy and have been maybe that water hasn't reached me yet. Or maybe you are showing a side that you like to show. ALL I CAN SAY IS STOP EXPLOITING YOUNG CHILDREN SICK F##KS.

[TheEnviroFriend]

exploiting the earth never ends well. look at the aral sea, once filled with wealth and life, now a wasteland with too much salt for any fish, and everyone is impoverished. dont let that happen to the mountains, say no to coal, save the environment and the people of appalacia.

[BlankenshiptheDevil]

Its not that the mountains are steep to walk; you just aren't willing to put forth the effort to do so.

[WV24985]

@MrHowie5 Oh Dont give me that high and mighty "This is my homeland" crap...I've lived in southern WV all my life, and the truth is the truth. There are mountains upon mountains, upon mountains that nobody will ever live on, or no business will touch...except coal mining. As for MTR replacing jobs...there will never be enough underground miners to get all the coal this country needs. It's too dangerous...Check statistics for deaths per year underground, and on surface mines. Dont hate progress.