over the cliff, onto the rocks.: 30 days to save the mountains

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

30 days to save the mountains

and tons of other good eco-links for your consumption.

4 comments:

Steve Bates said...: Sigh. That song is soooo evocative for me of a time almost 40 years ago, in which I heard it sung by a local singer who was good enough to do credit to the tradition of John Prine. The impact it made on me is such that I remembered all the words to the refrain on hearing it tonight, four decades later. Hell, I recognized the song from the intro before the vocal.

Has everyone seen a removed mountaintop? how about a clearcut mountaintop? I've seen one of each at different times; they're a disturbing sight... more so when you think of the environmental hazards of possibly resuming the widespread use of coal as a fuel.

Thanks for the reminder and the links. I'll do what I can.; Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:38:00 PM
Steve Bates said...: (Correction: "almost 40 years ago" may be stretching it; that's what happens to aging memories like mine. Apparently the album on which it appears came out in 1971.); Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:43:00 PM
hipparchia said...: 36 is close enough to almost 40.

:); Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:49:00 PM
hipparchia said...: i've only seen photos. yes, this is what we're in for if we expand our dependence on coal.

also, i've only been reading about it at invest now and make a killing!! advertisement sites so far, so i'm not vouching for the truth of it, but apparently there's a fair amount of oil shale mining like this either happening now [alberta tar sands? i don't have confirmation of it yet] or could happen in the u.s. rockies soon; Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:56:00 PM