Mark Warner on Mountaintop Removal

Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner is currently the Democratic candidate for Senate in Virginia. I was recently able to ask him about his position on mountaintop removal.

His (disappointing) answer?

We haven’t done much of it here in Virginia.

The more candidates talk about “carbon capture and sequestration,” clean coal, IGCC, or coal to liquid fuel, the more Virginia mountains we are likely to see destroyed by mountaintop removal.

Governor Warner knows this, and I hope he will develop a better answer on what he plans to do to stop mountaintop removal if he gets that Senate seat.

About 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.