Marsh Fork news via Sludge Safety & UPI

hi folks,
below is an excerpt from a United Press International article dated September 18
yay Ed!!!!!

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...Rep. Frank Palone, D-N.J., speaking at the Capitol Hill news conference, called it "preposterous" that the EPA allows the situation with Marsh Fork Elementary to continue.

If it were allowed under the Clean Water Act, Palone said, then the Clean Water Act must be changed. He instead supported the more stringent Clean Water Protection Act. Republicans, he said, "really haven't done anything but tear down environmental laws."

Prior to the news conference, Wiley met with Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., to talk about Marsh Fork Elementary school. He said Byrd "had tears in his eyes," and had promised to "leave no stones unturned."

While there was still clearly hard work ahead, Wiley's walk will put pressure on the local government to help raise the money to build a new school for the children away from the coal mine.

Appalachian activist Debbie Jarrell said: "Even though the area we live in is called 'The Coal Fields,' there is more to where we are at than coal. We have a community there, we have a family there, we have our hopes and our dreams and our visions just like any other people have. We are not just coal fields."

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