At The Edit, we’ve long been saying that the mountaintop removal means the end of jobs. We don’t advocate mountaintop removal, but we just ask if the workers should receive help finding new careers . Alternative energy plants, perhaps?
This fight between nature and the economy is getting bigger, and the Rural Blog sums up two recent stories (one from the AP, one from the CJ) about the feud.
Vicki Smith of The Associated Press notes that protesters on both sides in West Virginia have been charged with battery…
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Peter Smith of The Courier-Journal reports from Kentucky: “Beneath Appalachian mountains wreathed in mist, dozens of religious leaders gathered to decry a mining practice they see an as affront to both God and nature … but … at First Baptist Church in Pikeville, a congregation replete with miners and those in coal-related businesses … say they ‘thank God we’ve got the coal.’
