Front Porch Blog

April 20, 2006

MTR: Fact of the Day #8

JW Randolph

Moutaintop Removal means taking the mountain off of the coal. The “overburen” (mountaintop) is blasted, ever so gently, into the adjacent valley or stream-bed, creating what is called a valleyfill.

Its dangerous, an environmental disaster, and unneccesary.
And its ugly.

Get the Facts on Mountaintop Removal

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JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

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