Laura Webb of Twilight, WV, gives Randy Huffman a sample of the coal dust, enclosed in a plastic cd-rom cover, from inside of her home. The land around Webb's home is under attack by mountaintop removal coal mining and the mine company is trying to evict her from her home.
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...
more »Laura Webb of Twilight, WV, gives Randy Huffman a sample of the coal dust, enclosed in a plastic cd-rom cover, from inside of her home. The land around Webb's home is under attack by mountaintop removal coal mining and the mine company is trying to evict her from her home.
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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