West Virginia Independent Candidate for Governor Takes Stand on Mountaintop Removal. ByKelley Gillenwater, AP, October 19, 2008. "West Virginia's three gubernatorial candidates have several views in common, but are miles apart on others -- including mountaintop removal, abortion, the death penalty and the leadership of the current administration. Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin and former Republican state Sen. Russ Weeks both agree on mountaintop removal mining, which they support as long as it's done responsibly. Manchin says he's working with the Department of Environmental Protection on 'a very aggressive plan' that states 'there will be no disturbance of the land unless you can show with the post mine land use program that you'll put the land back better and more productive than what you altered it.' Mountain Party challenger Jesse Johnson is against mountaintop removal mining, a stance that earned him an endorsement from the Sierra Club environmental group."
2008-10-19
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