By Janet L. Parker, Ph.D. | January 12, 2009 (Center for American Progress)

Tennessee’s recent sludge spill is an obvious reminder that irresponsible coal practices are dirty and devastating.

Mountain-top removal coal mining is dirty, noisy, and scars the landscape. It has also harmed Kathy Selvage’s mother’s prayer time. Selvage is a grassroots activist from Wise County, Virginia and vice president of Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards. Enjoying the beauty of God’s creation while she read the Bible was an integral part of her mother’s devotions before the sound of coal mining trucks, bulldozers, and drills began covering up the sounds of the birds. Selvage says that, “the most pain comes when my mother looks across the way now and sees the destruction of God’s creation. She wonders what Bible they read.”

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