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March 29, 2008
Conservatives against mountaintop removal
Yes, that's right. If you think about it, a stance such as John Brown's puts the "conserve" in "conservative."
There are responsible, and sustainable, ways to remove the valuables from under the ground. Blowing up an entire ridgetop, which enables massive erosion and chokes a watershed with toxic sludge, ain't one of 'em.
I just read Mike Faulk's candidacy announcement, in which he talks about limited government. Yes, the absence of excessive regulations is ideal (so we'd have to disagree about the government's role in restricting women's health decisions, among other things), but one of the functions Faulk says we can agree on is clean water.
And the type of coal-mining known as mountaintop removal presents an unacceptable obstacle to clean water. Not that that is its only fault, by any means; but it is one that can draw people and their elected representatives together, no matter on what other policy positions they might differ.
Policy | By joe lance | 11:32 AM