Recently, news broke about the coal mining blast that took the lives of West Virginia miners. This video post is my small contribution to raise awareness on an issue that may not cross our minds when we switch on our lights, run our dishwashers and adjust our heater thermostat– all these, while using our precious coal resource. We filmed and edited this video in October, 2009.  The issue is alive and haunting West Virginia and the rest of the country to this day.