I have just returned from another epic journey into the dark side of coal mining. If you, me or anyone else in America poisoned a neighbor’s drinking water we would be castigated and made a pariah at the very least and possibly jailed for attempted murder at the worst. But if you are a coal company operating in Appalachia you can get away with it. Very seldom will anyone in government or law enforcement make the coal industry stop harming human health. It is a tragedy that has been repeated time and time again across Appalachia. Here is the latest chapter:
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TAGS: Appalachian Voices, Appalachian Water Watch, Coal, Health, Kentucky, Riverkeeper, Water, Water Pollution
[...] Flaming Wells and Poisoned Water Last week your Upper Watauga Riverkeeper, Donna Lisenby experienced what she refers to as “ an epic journey into the dark side of coal mining”. She and several others traveled deep into the lush mountains of Kentucky to interview and assist a community that is bearing the brunt of the Coal industries abuses and living a real-life horror story. See the story $(document).ready(function() { //using ajax submit var v = jQuery('#frm4744').bind('invalid-form.validate', function() { $('#notification').html('Please correct/complete all required fields marked in red!'); }).validate({ errorContainer: $('#some'), errorElement: 'p', errorClass: 'errorBox', submitHandler: function(form) { jQuery(form).ajaxSubmit({ //target: '#notification', //dataType: 'json', beforeSubmit: showPre, success: showResponse // post-submit callback }); } }); function showPre(){ $('#notification4744').show(); } function showResponse(data){ if (data.indexOf('true')>=0){ data = 'Successfully shared!'; } $('#notification4744').html(data); $('#notification4744').show(); setTimeout(function() { $('#notification4744').hide() $('#notification4744').html('Sharing…'); $('#friend_email').html(); $('#usr_email').html(); $('.sharePopup').hide(); $('#frm4744')[0].reset(); }, 2000); } }); [...]