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Operation Appalachian Spring

Operation Appalachian Spring

"We All Live in the Coal Fields": West Virginians Step Up Protests as EPA OKs New Mountaintop Removal

At least thirty people were arrested in West Virginia Saturday as protesters marked a new phase of Operation Appalachian Spring, a campaign to end mountaintop removal mining. The protests came just a week after the Obama administration gave the green light for forty-two more mountaintop removal permits in a major victory for the coal industry. We speak to journalist Jeff Biggers, author of the book United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture and Enlightenment to America. Biggers says mountaintop removal is a national issue, not a local one, as many perceive. Ref. Source 1

Spring Appalachian Operation

I do not like the idea of removing the mountain tops to just get to the coal. Then again I do not think we should be burning so much coal. We need cleaner energy.