A powerful op-ed: The point is that very little of the energy value extracted from Martin County [KY] returns home. That must change. Once the coal is gone, the county and the region are left with degraded landscapes, lost biodiversity, destroyed streams, tainted drinking water, increased flood risk due to strip mining and mountaintop removal, a host of health problems, and, thus, a shattered foundation from which to build their futures.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:41:23 +0000
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