{"id":1501,"date":"2011-09-16T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T21:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/the-extraordinary-negative-side-of-coal-mining-jane-osborn-lcc-13-september-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-09-16T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T21:17:10","slug":"the-extraordinary-negative-side-of-coal-mining-jane-osborn-lcc-13-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/the-extraordinary-negative-side-of-coal-mining-jane-osborn-lcc-13-september-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"The extraordinary negative side of coal mining &mdash;Jane Osborn @ LCC 13 September 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=icjOFmB36YY\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/icjOFmB36YY\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nJane Osborn talked about two health issues:\nthe downside of coal mining,\nand no institutions for mental health.\n<blockquote>\n&#8230;also related to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-for-georgia-bill-branham-lcc-12-september-2011.html\">\nthe solar discussion that was begun yesterday,<\/a>\nI think a piece we don&#8217;t talk about very often\nis the extraordinary negative side of coal mining.\nWe are taking the tops off of mountains in Appalachia,\nleaving pristine streams clogged with the debris and the toxic waste of that.\nSo coal is not just the price you see that we pay for it.\nCoal is seen in the price of people still dying of black lung,\nevery time a mine collapses, and every time another mountain\nis taken down.\nI would guess if they were taking mountains down in North Georgia,\nwe&#8217;d be fussing about it.\n<\/blockquote>\nShe said she has been a social worker for 33 years.\nShe said starting June the DBHDD there would be a new service\nshe recommended the county advertise on its website.\n<blockquote>\nAs of June 1st\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/georgia-moving-people-out-of-mental-hospitals.html\">\nno person in the state of Georgia with\na developmental disability may be placed in an institution.<\/a>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe new service is a 24\/7 toll free number to call\nfor help.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=icjOFmB36YY\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/icjOFmB36YY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nThe extraordinary negative side of coal mining &mdash;Jane Osborn @ LCC 13 September 2011\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 13 September 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jane Osborn talked about two health issues: the downside of coal mining, and no institutions for mental health. &#8230;also related to the solar discussion that was begun yesterday, I think a piece we don&#8217;t talk about very often is the extraordinary negative side of coal mining. 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