Sunday, January 25, 2009

There is hope for the mountains, for us still.

With all the destruction happening in the Appalachia, it's important to remember that another future is possible. Another form of energy is possible. There is no reason to be destroying mountains and building new coal plants.

United Mountain Defense volunteer Chris Irwin brings us this set of aerial fly-over videos. Mountaintop removal (aka "strip-mining" has spread into Tennessee. This first shows the staggering destruction, as seen from above.

The second video, however, renews hope, bringing us a symbolic and beautiful image of wind turbines spinning in the clouds. Enjoy.





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