The belated Earth Day post

- A bill to an mountaintop removal has advanced in Tennessee.

The measure seeks to ban surface coal mining within 100 feet of rivers and streams, or if it alters ridgelines in elevations higher than 2,000 feet. The Senate panel voted 8-1 to advance the bill.

-The West Virginia Young Democrats have adopted a resolution opposing mountaintop removal:

From AP:

The Young Democrats -- with more than 30 active chapters for party members 36 and younger -- adopted a resolution at its state convention earlier this month calling for a moratorium on new mountaintop removal mining permits.

The move came after considerable debate and changes to the language, according to Rod Snyder, the group's president.

"We know this is very controversial,'' he said.

The group has a video of their visit to Kayford Mountain that I found over at WVaBlue.



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