I thought this would be useful information to some of you.

I spoke to John Blair Hunter tonight and he told me that he was appointed to the seven member Surface Mining Committee by the governor. As many of you know he is the retired WV Senator who wants reform in this industry. In the first ever 2008 WV State Democratic conference, during his last year as a Senator, he put together a resolution that essentially put a ban on MTR, and that was vigorously supported by the WV Young Democratic. It almost passed.

Does anyone have a good link to the WV Surface Mining Committee?

-Jonathan