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Toxic West Virginia: Mountaintop Removal- Episode 1

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FOR MORE OF TOXIC WEST VIRGINIA VISIT: http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?b... Danluck is a New York artist, director, and all-around amazing person who has a killer collection of power tools. VBS bumped into her a few months ago and discovered that she has been working on a film in West Virginia, a sort of impressionistic account of the current environmental catastrophe in the Appalachian Mountains. Mining companies are destroying entire mountains in order to get at the coal inside them. Quickly and efficiently, the oldest mountain range in the world is being systematically obliterated. We sent Meredith and VBS correspondent Derrick Beckles to the hills and hollers of West Virginia to show us what the end of the world looks like.

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: February 20, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Author: VBSdotTV

Length: 04:44
Rating: 4.30
Views: 492922

Tags: Moutaintop  Removal  Toxic  VBS  vbs.tv  Vice  Virginia  West  www.VBS.tv  

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pfunkmonster (September 23, 2008 at 12:57 am)
Wal Mart is #1 employer followed by hospitals and Kroger Car Insurance is the same as if I lived in a larger city most jobs pay 10 grand So obviously your WV is not my WV oh and most cannot take a bite of ya cause we have never been offered dental care and medical is not there as well I have been working much as well and I have made on average 12 grand with 2 years I was able to have a better pay and this is from 1992
WV24985 (September 22, 2008 at 10:44 pm)
I dont understand everyone saying WV is a poor state...I'll give you that with the exeption of mining jobs, the pay rates are lower, but at the same time, the cost of living is lower, and it balances out. Everyone here I know that will work, has everything they want. Where else can you buy a 4 bedroom two story house with a full basement on an acre of land for $25,000? You dont need 100k a year for that.
pfunkmonster (September 20, 2008 at 1:41 pm)
sounds familiar. Somehow, we will find out thetrue story and stop all the madness here, I stil believe because I know the strength given to me and the strength of the people here hang in there and thanks for the response it will take all of us together for this battle
mdcjackson (September 19, 2008 at 11:17 pm)
your lucky I own 10 achers in boone county. I now live in montgomery,The mud slides and massive run off made my property unliveable.But the still expect me to pay taxes on it
pfunkmonster (September 19, 2008 at 12:56 pm)
WV is a severly poor state (JeffFurrowMusic) there has always been a select few who have access, prob got the best land deal from VA, and there are others who took theirs but then this land has been tossed around for awhile the people here, especially in the mining areas have been sick and suffering for quite awhile-I am 50 and I am a Hatfield on my mothers side and A Mccoy on my fathers side I have been around here for awhile coal does very little for the state considering the damage
njlace (September 12, 2008 at 6:39 pm)
I have been on top of the mountains in Boone County, WV. It is a shame how they are destroying the beautiful trees that have been growing for years and replacing them with cheap vegetation that will never grow and replace what was cut down. Yes, many jobs are provided to the citizens of Boone County but compared to all the money the companies take in, there is no financial comparison. They are literally raping the land and its people.
JeffFurrowMusic (August 21, 2008 at 9:40 pm)
Amen, sister. I work on a strip job, and if it wasn't for coal mines...West Virginia would be a severely poor state. Many families would go hungry.
poopsix (August 20, 2008 at 10:23 pm)
Do you all know why they do this? Because the seams of coal are so narrow. Up in Northern West Virginia, they do underground mining. It wasn't an arbitrary decision to wreck the environment, it was seen as the only cost-effective way to get at that coal and get jobs in there.Now, I don't think it's a good idea- it wrecks the environment. But, at least there is reasoning behind it.
wvagurl08 (August 10, 2008 at 5:21 am)
ohh and one more thing...if it wasnt for these men gettin out everyday workin on these MTR jobs then half of you wouldnt have the things you do, these people are hard workers and help keep the modern luxury you know as power around, and all you can do is ridicule them for the way they do it?? are you serious??
wvagurl08 (August 10, 2008 at 5:19 am)
Ok you people are acting so retarted...you go around acting like its so bad for us to blow up a couple mountains to keep your freakin power on, and you can go around in your big SUV's and pollute the earth, and what you prob dont know is that when they are done mining in the area they fill it in and plant trees, and what are you doin for the air your polluting??NOTHING thats what!! so as the saying goes..Before you start pointin fingers make sure your hands are clean!

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