UPDATE: Appalachia Rising is posting statements from coal state constituents arrested in Washington, DC sit-ins today at Congressional offices for Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia.

From Guest Blogger Harrison Kirby of Louisville, KY, cross-posted from We Are Powershift on June 5, 2012.

“We aren’t evil, I promise,” said the evil congressman’s intern after he said he couldn’t help stop mountaintop removal coal mining. If you ever become a congressional intern and you find yourself in a situation where you must clarify that you are not in fact a villain, you are probably doing something wrong. If that terrible offense is mountaintop removal mining, you are definitely wrong. Continue reading →