Appalachia and Mountaintop Destruction

Still need to write about my experiences in Appalachia! It is hard to believe that we have been home for a week already.  I did notice on the news today that the EPA has stopped mountain top destruction because it destroys the water for those that are left behind.  Moutaintop destruction seems to me to be the ultimate in short-sighted thinking - blow up a moutain to get the small amount of coal that is trapped inside it.  It takes very few people to do, so truthfully employment is not really a factor, and permanently destroys the landpscape!  Honestly, I do not like it when a non-elected government agency makes law (this is a violation of the Constitution), but in this case I am glad that someone is stopping a most awful abuse of the land.