I'd been thinking the same thing. Crawford looks pretty flat to me. Maybe they could turn the waste into a mountain for a new source of local tourist revenue.

West Virginia's beautiful by the way. The New River Gorge, White Sulpher Springs. Why do our leaders want to destroy it?

See the comments of Lori Price in the site CLG (Citizens for Limited Government) News for suggestions for dealing with this law. Ms Price's response was restrained & muted.

If we hadn't gotten scared off of nuclear back in the 70s, we wouldn't have nearly so may of these coal plants. The French get 80% of their power from nuclear.

All the waste should be dumped on Crawford, TX. About the only thing that'll grow on the stuff is scrub, so it's a perfect solution!

This narrow minded thinking has occurred before in our history. The government in the 20's encouraged farming on the Great Plains, only to result in the Great Dust Bowl of the 30's.
Right, Bush, let's strip the mountains, and dump everything in the streams below.
We'll worry about the rest later!

The mountain springs in West Virginia and other states feed the creeks which feed the streams which feed the rivers which give us water. In my beautiful state of West Virginia, the springs and creeks are being buried. The streams run with unnatural colors and toxins. Fish and wildlife are dying. And when we can no longer clean this filth from our water, we'll die too.

If you want to see mountain top mining and its devastation go to Kathy Mattea's website: http://mattea.com/matteaMTR.html

Just because it's not happening in your area doesn't mean that it doesn't affect the earth, you and your family. Are we all so beaten down we can't or won't stand up to the people who are lining their pockets with dollars made from dead people? What's it going to take? Iraq or West Virginia, it's time to stop the killing of our homelands and people before it's too late.

The Bush administration, and the Republicans in Congress value life. Oh man, I can't type any more bullshit. How does Tony Snow do this ?

Shouldn't surprise anyone. This is the same for the mine in Huntington where 6 lives are still lost, and 3 were killed trying to find the six. This was retreat minning another way to get the last bit of coal out and benefit the owners but the the miners!!! Murray wanted to go back in, But Gov Huntsman said not even. Murray backpedal big time. Bu$h and this White House are for big business, their practices mean lives and the enviroment lose.

Thank you, thank you ,Pres. Bush. Perhaps now my beloved state of W.Va will soon be as flat as Iowa ,and brown as Iraq.

Do you want to know why there is mercury in every lake, stream and river in the US? Mountain Top Mining. Do you want to know why you have to limit your intake of large game fish? Mercury poisoning from Mountain Top Mining. Do you want to know why so many kids have autism these days? It isn't the mercury based preservatives in vaccines; it's mercury in the environment, and that comes from Mountain Top Mining. Thank you Bush administration for expanding the opportunities for the coal industry to poison our land, water, and air.

This is a great example of how the fossil fuel industry gets preferential treatment to make their products cheaper than non-polluting alternatives. They want to blow our mountains to smithereens and drill for oil off our coasts. But not even the Kennedy's want wind energy if they might see windmills on the horizon off of Nantucket. Where are the voices of reason?!!!

"Paradise" by John Prine

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.

Chorus:
And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

Repeat Chorus:

Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

Repeat Chorus:

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.

Repeat Chorus:

What better timing could the Republicans have possibly used?

Coal should be banned - pure and simple. Here in Canada, the coal industry is currently running a huge campaign with 12 yr old kids, telling us how coal is a clean energy source. Sheesh!

Another act of (Eco) Terrorism, from...

BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST
BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST
BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST
BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST
BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST
BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST
BU$H, THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST

I guess this means that West Virginia really is "open for business" because by the time these criminals are done with it, it won't be "wild, wonderful" any more.

It will be about as wild as a parking lot.