Jerry Cope: Heads Up! Massey Energy Now Blasting Coal River Mountain

By Jerry Cope, Huffington Post

The forecast in Coal River, W.V. now calls for heavy boulders and flying debris. Blasting has begun at what preeminent climate scientist James Hansen has declared "ground zero in the fight against climate change". Despite posing an imminent threat to the health and welfare of area residents and in spite of numerous protests and arrests including those of Hansen, Secretary of State Ken Hechler, and actor Daryl Hannah, Massey Energy began Mountain Top Removal (MTR) operations on Coal River Mountain this past weekend. Bo Webb, whose home and family are directly threatened by this latest destruction of yet another mountain in the great Appalachian range -- the most biologically diverse forest on the planet, has been campaigning to stop this insane form of coal "mining" for years. Below is the open letter Mr. Webb sent to President Obama pleading for the protection of his family's lives, ancestral home, and heritage.

Bo Webb, James Hansen and Daryl Hannah at Coal River Mountain

Open Letter to Mr. Obama: We Face a National Security Threat on Coal River Mountain

I write to you in a moment of urgency.

In your address at MIT last week, you told students that the "Pentagon has declared our dependence on fossil fuels to be a security threat."

Here in the Coal River Valley of West...

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