Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining

Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html Every day, explosions greater than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima shatter the earth in Central Appalachia. The demand for cheap energy is systematically dismantling the second most bio-diverse ecosystem on the planet in order to mine coal. Homes are destroyed, floods rage, species are annihilated, communities are ravaged and the breath-taking landscape of Appalachia is irreversibly destroyed...Read More The sign says it all. The mining, processing and burning of coal are a gamble with our future. Ultimately, “the house always wins”. (coal industry as opposed to citizens) Because coal is composed largely of carbon, there can be no such thing as “Clean Coal” or “Carbon Neutral Coal”. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#0 7fe83851-2d7f-41e9-a1d2-b66f19569b02 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-5061/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-5061/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1"><br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">The sign says it all.  The mining, processing and burning <br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">of coal are a gamble with our future.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_1">Ultimately, “the house always wins”.<br/></p><p class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 33px; " class="style_2">(coal industry as opposed to citizens)<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Because coal is composed largely of carbon, there can be no such thing as “Clean Coal” or “Carbon Neutral Coal”.</p></div></div> A dragline is one of the largest pieces of earth-moving equipment. It is so large that it is powered by connecting it directly to the national electric power grid. It can pick up more than two dozen cars in a single scoop. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#1 11bf10e9-8706-4a35-ae5e-78e78a150296 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/_PCB9058m-jpg/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/_PCB9058m-jpg/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">A dragline is one of the largest pieces of earth-moving equipment.  It is so large that it is powered by connecting it directly to the national electric power grid.  It can pick up more than two dozen cars in a single scoop.</p></div></div> A peaceful protest in the Governor’s office at the WV capitol ended with excessive and abusive force being used in the arrest of Hillary Anne Hosta and twelve others. More than 50 people gathered to protest the building of a second coal silo behind Marsh Fork Elementary School and to ask Joe Manchin to assist in securing a new school in a safe location for the children of Marsh Fork. The school is situated directly below a coal slurry containment pond which holds more than 2 billion gallons of toxic sludge. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#2 f3fb1206-b214-45f5-a422-2ca62d04bfbd http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/_PCB4095sm_1-jpg/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/_PCB4095sm_1-jpg/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">A peaceful protest in the Governor’s office at the WV capitol ended with excessive and abusive force being used in the arrest of Hillary Anne Hosta and twelve others.  More than 50 people gathered to protest the building of a second coal silo behind Marsh Fork Elementary School and to ask Joe Manchin to assist in securing a new school in a safe location for the children of Marsh Fork.  The school is situated directly below a coal slurry containment pond which holds more than 2 billion gallons of toxic sludge.</p></div></div> Minescape in southern WV. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#3 bc343b15-2db6-440d-a563-c73b0116c8da http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/_PCB4273M-jpg/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/_PCB4273M-jpg/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Valley FIll.  Rubble from MTR is dumped into surrounding valleys, choking headwaters and the fragile ecosystems within.  The ponds at the foot of the fill are for “flood control”.</p></div></div> One of the residents of Lindytown, WV. Massey Energy is determined to “Buy out” the entire community in order to bury it in a valley fill. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#6 a6c7b78e-febc-4aa5-9883-977965e06e88 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-5139/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-5139/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Residents of Lindytown, WV.  Massey Energy is determined to “Buy out” the entire community in order to bury it in a valley fill.</p></div></div> Unexplained illnesses and cancer are rampant in mining communities. Paul Workman,78, of Lindytown, died Sat., Sept. 20, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#8 15e7e67f-2f20-43e1-9935-c222118e0530 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-5202/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-5202/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Unexplained illnesses and cancer are rampant in mining communities.  Paul Workman,<span style="line-height: 15px; " class="style_3">78, of Lindytown, died Sat., Sept. 20, 2008 after a long battle with cancer.</span></p></div></div> On the edge of a MTR site. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#9 3e30d662-40c8-437d-a077-252f8a9d849b http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-7/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-7/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5">Larry Gibson, tireless “Keeper of the Mountains”, at home with his dog on Kayford Mountain.  Because of his refusal to sell his property for the coal under it, he has been harassed, threatened, ridiculed and otherwise abused by the coal industry.  Larry is a testament to the dedication and will of mountain residents to protect our homes.</p></div></div> Preparation for blasting on Kayford Mountain. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#15 8c97e228-173c-439c-a5cd-284762df07bf http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-9681/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-9681/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">This toxic orange water, known as Acid Mine Drainage, has flowed unabated for decades from abandoned mines under Kayford Mountain, polluting everything downstream. An often overlooked fact of coal mining in any form is that it releases a host of toxic substances that nature had safely trapped and stored underground for countless millennia.</p></div></div> MTR Site. WV http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#19 57d3d899-bfb4-4470-b041-d216bcfa67eb http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3138/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3138/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Slurry ponds hold billions of gallons of the toxic effluents from washing coal.  Slurry has extremely high levels of mercury, chromium, lead, natural arsenic, cadmium, selenium and a host of other heavy metal toxins.</p></div></div> The Hobet 21 mine near Danville, WV covers dozens of square miles, and displaces 16 tons of earth for every ton of coal. Selenium runoff from this site is believed to be the cause of genetically mutated fish found just downstream from the site. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#22 c92b1b40-1a98-4f4f-ae2a-bf8068d601ee http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3358/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3358/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p class="Caption">Early stages of MTR mining on Gauley Mountain.  <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Fayette County, WV</p></div></div> Maria Lambert with sample of her tap water- contaminated by nearby mining- and the countless jugs of water she must now carry to her home every day for cooking, drinking, etc. Prenter, WV. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#28 e65d4275-95cd-4c03-9273-010b72fa8678 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3673%20copy/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3673%20copy/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Maria Lambert with sample of her tap water- contaminated by nearby mining- and the countless jugs of water she must now carry to her home every day for cooking, drinking, etc.  Prenter, WV.</p></div></div> Ernie and Carmalita Brown, along with nearly 800 other families in four communities, lived with this water from their wells after Massey Energy illegally injected coal slurry in to abandoned mines beneath their homes. Williamson, WV. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#29 63a137b0-83da-42ef-b10a-a6d75dbafd81 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3927%20copy/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/PcB-3927%20copy/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_83_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ernie and Carmalita Brown, along with nearly 800 other families in four communities, lived with this water from their wells after Massey Energy illegally injected coal slurry in to abandoned mines beneath their homes.  Williamson, WV.</p></div></div> An environmental disaster larger than the Exxon Valdez, this slurry spill in Inez, KY destroyed two communities overnight. Residents awakened to find slurry several feet deep in their yards. The toxicity of coal slurry destroyed their wells. http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal.html#30 23a65e07-5e28-4242-bc19-9aadfd164ff1 http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/Inez_KY-jpg/thumb.jpg http://www.paulcorbitbrown.com/Paul_Corbit_Brown/Photo_Galleries/Pages/Mountain_Top_Removal_files/Media/Inez_KY-jpg/micro.jpg

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