http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/16/seven-simple-steps-to-save-appalachia/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/16/seven-simple-steps-to-save-appalachia/comment-page-1/#comment-59798 Lex Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:07:40 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6007#comment-59798 Wendy, it has been a fantastic series and i really appreciate this piece. I feel a little bit better about my town tonight. It turns out that the local coal fired power plant (which is municipally owned) does not buy MTR coal. We do purchase coal from a company that practices MTR...but i wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's next to impossible to buy coal from a company that doesn't practice MTR. I'll be writing an appreciative letter to the Board of Light and Power with a query as to our ability to buy from a non MTR coal company. (I'll save the "let's build a giant hydrogen fuel cell stack for another letter.) Wendy, it has been a fantastic series and i really appreciate this piece. I feel a little bit better about my town tonight. It turns out that the local coal fired power plant (which is municipally owned) does not buy MTR coal. We do purchase coal from a company that practices MTR…but i wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it’s next to impossible to buy coal from a company that doesn’t practice MTR. I’ll be writing an appreciative letter to the Board of Light and Power with a query as to our ability to buy from a non MTR coal company. (I’ll save the “let’s build a giant hydrogen fuel cell stack for another letter.)

]]> http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/16/seven-simple-steps-to-save-appalachia/comment-page-1/#comment-59787 Dr. Slammy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:09:56 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6007#comment-59787 Wendy, this has been a fantastic series. Not that I have been raised to expect even the best citizen action to stand against the weight of the economic interests of rich people and the politicians who blow them under the table, but the steps you outline here sound like a pretty good plan of attack.... Wendy, this has been a fantastic series. Not that I have been raised to expect even the best citizen action to stand against the weight of the economic interests of rich people and the politicians who blow them under the table, but the steps you outline here sound like a pretty good plan of attack….

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