Opponents of the Appalachian Restoration Act (S696) stand in line in vain after traveling at least 7 hours from Logan county, WV to sit in on the Senate hearings. These coal supporters were sent to the overflow room in the Russell Building.
Citizens opposing mountaintop removal coal mining and coal miners who support it converged on the US Capitol, June 25, 2009 where a hearing entitled, "The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia,"...
more »Opponents of the Appalachian Restoration Act (S696) stand in line in vain after traveling at least 7 hours from Logan county, WV to sit in on the Senate hearings. These coal supporters were sent to the overflow room in the Russell Building.
Citizens opposing mountaintop removal coal mining and coal miners who support it converged on the US Capitol, June 25, 2009 where a hearing entitled, "The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia," held before the Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee took place.
2009 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Maria Gunnoe, from Bob White, WV, testified to the impacts on water quality on the waters of Appalachia by mountaintop removal coal mining. Senator Cardin (D-MD) promised that this would be the first of many hearings on the issue.
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