Photojournalist Antrim Caskey: Scenes from the Coal Sludge Spill

[Ichingcarpenter]

Antrim's images say it all, and below the fold you'll find a photographic journey through the scene of this environmental disaster...

(Mouse over the top of the slide show to see captions, describing each image)
Also go to fullscreen mode which is in the box to see the real destruction.

http://watthead.blogspot.com/2009/01/scenes-from-environmental-disaster_02.html

[quidam56]

1. Appalachia is turning into a toxic waste dump third world America

Bush has bombed and blasted Appalachia right into Third World America. http://www.wisecountyissues.com Hannity's America sure isn't My America, this is toxic terrorism !

[IndyOp]

2. Thanks for posting this. Painful. Important. (n/t)

[stuntcat]

3. k

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This just hurts to see. I wonder if EVERYONE saw what's happening there if it would make any difference.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Be sure to check out her West Virginia mountain top removal photos

Time for a Bath!

http://web.mac.com/antrim16/Antrim/west_virginia.html

[Muttocracy]

5. K&R - followed links to this site that has them with captions

http://pa.photoshelter.com/gallery-show/G0000TKIBm80gDNE

[RedEarth]

6. Thanks for posting... very alarming

[Delphinus]

7. This was devastating.

And one of my email alerts told me the drinking water has been contaminated by this spill, but this is far off the radar of the public. I see where the site has a link to a story that this dwarfs the Exxon Valdez.

[depakid]

8. Yet another disaster to add to the Bush lagacy...

In Gore's home state, no less.