Protesters continue tree-sitting at Alpha
Catherine-Ann MacDougal and Becks Kolins — have issued an Open Letter to Alpha CEO Kevin Crutchfield :We are currently halting blasting on a portion of your Bee Tree Surface mine on Coal River Mountain. Starting last Wednesday, two of us have been sitting on platforms approximately 80 feet off the ground in trees within 300 feet of active blasting on the mine. We are doing this to demand that Alpha Natural Resources stop strip mining on Coal River Mountain, and only after presenting our concerns through face-to-face meetings.
In late May, eight residents from coal mining areas of southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia, including one of us, met with you about Alpha Natural Resources’ takeover of Massey Energy. Residents discussed the devastating impacts of mountaintop removal mining, including the documented connections between mountaintop removal mining and degraded water quality, flooding, and serious public health impacts, including elevated cancer rates. In the 570,000-acre Coal River watershed, nearly a quarter of the land area is being mined or permitted to be mined in the future, including over 5,000 acres of Coal River Mountain. At the meeting, residents requested that Alpha make specific changes to reduce the impacts of the Massey operations that it has inherited.
Alpha was specifically asked to halt blasting near the Brushy Fork coal slurry impoundment which is located near the Bee Tree permit where we are sitting in trees. This is the only active mountaintop removal permit on Coal River Mountain, and we share residents’ concerns that the blasting on this permit is weakening the structural integrity of the impoundment. Failure of the impoundment could kill a thousand people living downstream according to Massey Energy’s figures. Within the past month, the Brushy Fork impoundment has come under increasing scrutiny, with the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issuing a 10-day notice for failure to prove that the dam was sufficiently safe from liquefaction. Readers, It’s apparent to me that neither opponents nor supporters of the tree-sitters are interested in having a reasonable, polite discussion about these blog posts. A number of posts that violated the comments policy have been removed, and I’m just not interested in spending more time moderating this discussion.
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Job Vacancy : GEOGRAPHER
Job Description
This position is located in the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) whose primary objectives are to establish a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations, under which OSM is charged with balancing the nation’s need for continued domestic coal production with protection of the environment.
The Western Regional Office is looking for a Geographer (GIS) to work in the TIPS Training and Technology Transfer Branch (TTTB), Technology Management Division (TMD), Western Region (WR), U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), Denver, Colorado.
This position is being advertised concurrently with OSM-2011-0117 under Merit Promotion procedures at the GS-5/7/9/11/12 level. Only one position will be filled from these vacancy announcements. Candidates who wish to be considered under both DEU and Merit Promotion procedures MUST apply to both Vacancy Announcements separately to be considered.
Job Requirements
U.S. Citizenship is required.
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