Mountain Top Removal coal mining is the practice of blasting off the tops of the beautiful Appalachian Mountains to get at the coal seams beneath. The practice is harmful to our health, harmful to jobs, and harmful to the environment.
There is nothing good about MTR.
Blasting causes excessive toxic runoff into streams, causing a public health disaster, with higher incidences of cancer and mental illness.
MTR is cost effective only because it uses fewer workers than traditional mining, and once the mountain is gone the jobs are gone forever.
Finally, all of the coal is burned, contributing to the climate crisis.
Mr. President, we the people ask you to issue an executive order with the legal basis of enforcing the clean air and clean water acts that ends this destructive practice.