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In Coal Country, a Community Fights for Wind | National Geographic


Cole is king in the state of West
Virginia my son-in-law is an underground
coal miner my father and grandfather
both were coal miners then my husband
was a very proud coal miner he died a
black line okay hey my baby have a good
day
they salvage the comb and then destroy
everything else nothing can survive with
what’s left the mountains all around
they’ve all been destroyed it’s the last
one here my husband built this house
they don’t have a right to take that
away
imagine this massive industry billions
of dollars that they spend to extract
the coal from this region and imagine a
community that comes together and says
there’s another way to do this with Co
Weaver mountain is an opportunity to
develop a wind farm but there are
barriers to them lowland land company
owns the property and Massey has leased
the right to mine that cold
Morello Scarborough understands that if
we’re going to get beyond our past we
need to do something different there’s
cake
there’s cobbler there’s windmill cookies
everybody has to have a windmill cookie
first and foremost is it will save the
mountain we can produce renewable energy
on that mountain instead of having it
leveled I’m not against coal miners the
tops of the mountains off a coal miner
is what Rob Drew did if my dad did that
went into the bowels of the earth and
they mined the coal and when they left
our beautiful mountains were still there
what we need to tell those young miners
is 20 years from now or you said it what
are you going to do
mr. Petrillo
this is the realm of Scarborough again
calling to see if you’ve had an
opportunity to speak with the governor
to see if we’re going to get five
minutes of his time today well with all
due respect mr. Petrillo he’s the boss
of the people that issued this permit he
has the power to rescind this perm if he
doesn’t do something by Wednesday it’s
too late
we want to ask the governor today if he
will declare a state of emergency and
rescind the permits on coal River
Mountain the whole world is watching
governor Manchin will know exactly what
you were allowing to happen in the state
of West Virginia or or what you are
willing to stop my friends and I are
leaving until you protect four of the
mountain within you alone
Lucky’s the new to be in here why are us
Massey Energy in his blasting coal River
Mountain
if we stop they win so we can’t stop six
pounds ten ounces
oh my grandchildren are the reason why I
do what I do it is about the the next
generation and the next generation and
what’s going to be left for them
you
you
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