How does your child feel about mountaintop removal coal mining?

Last semester when we studied mineral resources, we spent some researching the mining industry and reading from sources regarding mining practices. We reflected on the safety issues facing miners, environmental concerns about mining, and the economic need for mining, both for the consumer and the worker. Mountaintop removal mining is a hotly contested mining practice that we discussed in class. If you or your child are interested, below is a link to an organization lobbying the EPA to ban mountaintop removal. The opportunity to write to the EPA is available on the website.

http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/epa

Here is more information about moutaintop removal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal