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RLEP meeting
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Borelli, while noting that strip mining has been mercifully absent from Rappahannock county, it has been a scourge in Southwest Virginia. Strip mining is such a danger, he said, because of its subsidiary effects; only seven percent, say, of a given area might be directly affected by the mining activity, but as much as 65 per cent of the surrounding area will be adversely affected by such things as acid runoff, erosion and burying of valuable topsoil. The slides showed graphic examples of strip mining outrages in all parts of the nation. Borelli noted that while some European nations have had similar experiences, they seem to be moving more forcefully to correct these bad situations, acting out “of a commitment to the land that we do not find in this country.” He was particularly high in his praise of Great Britain, “where you find a high level of a sense of stewardship of the land, and a high level of regulatory laws as well.”
BY CONTRAST, IN THE UNITED STATES “we lack a true land ethic, in the words of Aldo Leopold.” As an example, he cited the Tennessee Valley Authority. “TVA, the environmental savior of the Thirties is one of the great polluters of the Seventies.”
Borelli said few individual states have adequate laws to deal with strip mining. “In fact, the more you read some of the state laws the more you become removed from the problem.”
Irwin thanked Borelli for his presentation with the thought: “I’m not sure there’s no coal under Rappahannock County. Are you?”
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