Mountaintop Removal Clearinghouse

Wayne Washington, business reporter for the Charleston’s The State made these boneheaded comments about the Mountain Justice Summer protests at the Governors Association Convention against mountaintop removal coal mining.

Apparently, mountaintops are endangered. A protest group demonstrated Saturday on the streets of Charleston, handing out fliers decrying the removal of mountaintops during strip mining in West Virginia.

As unusual as their cause sounds, those gathered to draw attention to the practice said it’s a serious problem. The flier they distributed said mountaintop removal damages the environment and leads to flooding.

Worries me. Is this guy for real? Has this guy ever heard of the Appalachian Mountains? Or read a newspaper that matter? Apparently regional awareness is endangered.

Read a banner unfurled from a plane calling out West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin during his attendence at the National Governors Association Conference in Charleston, SC. This was one of several efforts by activists from the Mountain Justice Summer campaign who spent the weekend in Charleston working to end mountaintop removal coal mining in Southern Appalachia. Infoshop News has more on the demonstrations and street theatre that ensued.