A license plate style available in Kentucky. photo by Alison Smith
Georgia Reps. Mary Margaret Oliver (83rd), Stephanie Benfield (85th), Brian Thomas (100th), Debbie Buckner (130th), Kathy Ashe (56th), and Pat Gardner (57th) have sponsored HB276 to prohibit the purchase or use of coal extracted by mountaintop removal coal mining for the generation of electricity.
Energy stability is a priority and a struggle in the US, especially as we work to find cleaner and more stable sources and supplies. Mountaintop coal removal is rather devastating to the landscape but it is a method of extraction that is currently practiced. With the efforts of these Georgia House Reps, energy consumers in Georgia could, by 2016, be able to say that none of the coal burned in their state came from an exploding mountaintop.
For a comical look at a divisive topic Stephen Colbert had fun in his typical satirical style discussing the merits of mountaintop coal mining with Margaret Palmer.
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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