The Coal Summit
June 20-22, 2002
The Charleston Civic Center

June 20-22, 2002
Photos by Vivian Stockman

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Dr. Orie Loucks of Miami (OH) University examines air pollution and dying forests as one of three speakers on "The Environmental Impacts of Coal Combustion."

Dr. William Sharpe of Pennsylvania State University and Rick Webb, a watershed biogeochemist with the University of Virginia also weighed in on the numerous environmental impacts resulting from the combustion of coal.

(Left to right) Pauline Caterberry of Sylvester, WV former US Congressman and Secretary of State Ken Hechler, Nathan Fetty of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Mary Miller of Sylvester, during a break at the Coal Summit.

The panel on "The Human Impacts of Coal Combustion" was moderated by Ulla Reeves of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.  Panelists were Tony Delucia, national chairman of the board of directors of the American Lung Association, Lisa Evans of the Clean Air Task Force and Joel Schwartz, pictured here, who is an epidemiologist with the Harvard School of Public Health.

Joel Schwartz reminds us all that the dangers of burning coal have been known for a long, long time.  Joel said, "Particles from coal (combustion) are killing people and they are killing a lot of people." 

OVEC's Janet Fout still has a few more minutes to refine her speech.

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