JMU Earth & mountaintop removal
posted by finneganTV3 reports that “the campus group JMU Earth [...] plans to ask governor Tim Kaine to stop the construction of a coal plant in Wise County.” And from The Breeze, “One of the biggest goals is to bring national attention to the story of mountaintop removal and to the community impact that coal has on people’s lives,” said junior Marley Green.
Is this the same group that hung these sheets over the billboard on Grace Street?
posted: February 15th, 2008 by finnegan
filed under JMU, the environment.
Comments: 7
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Comment from Justin C
Time: February 15, 2008, 11:19 am
Mountain top removal is one of the most harmful things we do to our environment and ourselves. Take a few minutes googling and you’ll learn of not just the awful environmental effects of it, but the serious health effects.
Unfortunately, it’s always done out of the publics eye and the people who suffer the many illnesses tend to be uneducated and poor. In such a situation it seems almost impossible to stop the practice.
On a side note, you can support the cause and look cool by purchasing an “I Mountains” bumper sticker, all proceeds go to stopping Mountaintop Removal.
Comment from Lowell Fulk
Time: February 15, 2008, 5:00 pm
Seven Generations will be hosting the documentary
“Mountain Top Removal”
Tuesday March 11
7:00pm
Court Square Theater
There will be live music by Shen Fine prior to the film,
and a panel discussion and Q&A following.
I’ll post more details shortly.
Go Marley!
Comment from Lowell Fulk
Time: February 18, 2008, 5:18 pm
For more detail on the screening of Mountain Top Removal you can visit http://rockdem.blogspot.com
Comment from Frank J Witt
Time: March 2, 2008, 11:12 pm
Lowell, I found this article in the Standard Speaker adn thought of you and your fine young group. It speaks volumes to what happens when you try and improve something that is bad…
http://standardspeaker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6925&Itemid=2
Comment from Lowell Fulk
Time: March 3, 2008, 7:58 am
Thank you Frank.
Do you think you can attend the Mountain Top Removal Documentary and Discussion next Tuesday evening?
Comment from Frank J Witt
Time: June 21, 2008, 5:13 pm
Lowell, check out this article just sent to the internet…
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/
2008-06-21-clean-air-parks_N.htm
Seems the Shenandoah National is 2nd in bad air.
I didn’t know there were up to 20 new coal burning plants in construction mode already but I know the technology has long since improved when I was a young coal cracker in PA.
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