Sure, a new, safe school is important.  But the activists should be demanding of the governor much more.  He should insist that the mining industry pay abundantly for all environmental and health-related damage that their mining activities have caused; and then, that they pay abundantly for new facilities in compensation, including schools and hospitals, as well as terrain restoration; and then, that they commit themselves to a timetable, and an exit date out of WV.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

This was a human rights action for the kids at Marsh Fork Elementary.

Last year the Department of Environmental Protection denied Massey Energy's request to build a SECOND coal silo next to the school because it violated state and federal law.

Curiously, this ruling was overturned Tuesday by the Governor-appointed Surface Mine Board.

I guess when you own the Governor, you own the law.