On June 30, 2008, filmmaker Catherine Pancake discussed her riveting documentary, “Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice.” She indicated that federal legislation would be needed to end this insidious method of coal mining, which is laying waste to large areas of Appalachian mountain peaks in her native state of West Virginia. Ms. Pancake said that stopping mountaintop coal removal is “a moral issue.” For background, please see:
http://www.blackdiamondsmovie.com/aboutTheFilmmakers.html and
http://www.doubletakecommunity.org/mountain/ and
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/facts/steps.php and
http://www.ohvec.org/galleries/mountaintop_removal/007/.
