Massey Cited for Blasting on Coal River Mountain
By Scott Parkin-Coal is Dirty
WV Dept. of Environmental Protection Finds Coal Company Using Too Large a Load of Explosives.
So we’re in the midst of a campaign to save Coal River Mountain and end mountaintop removal.
About two weeks ago, on a Nation Day of Action to End Mountaintop Removal, dozens of actions happened around the country targeting the EPA, coal financier JP Morgan Chase and other political, utility and regulatory pillars of mountaintop removal.
Last week (and continuing into this week), over 63,000 people have taken online action calling the signatories of last June’s Memo of Understanding on the regulation of mountaintop removal to stop the blasting at Coal River Mountain.
NOW while we have been advocating, protesting, sitting-in, calling and emailing to stop the blasting on Coal River Mountain, it turns out the WV Dept. of Environmental Protection actually took some steps and did their job. Last week, they cited Massey Energy for using TOO large a load of explosives on Coal River Mountain.
Ken Ward reports: “But last week, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection quietly cited Massey subsidiary Marfork Coal Co. for using too large a load of explosives in its blasting operations at Bee Tree.“ Read Entire Article