If mountain top coal mining was about to take place in Westchester County you can bet it would be stopped in it's tracks in faster than most people even heard about such an outrageous project that would rip apart our landscape, ruin our water supply and destroy crucial ecological systems. "The Appalachian mountains in West Virginia are home to some of the most beautiful and biodiverse forests in the world. The destruction of these mountains forests and streams is one of the most egregious examples of our short-sighted demand for energy: a folly that is being repeated ad nauseum around the planet. Like children we want what we want and ignore the consequences. So that we can drive our SUV’s and leave our lights and air conditioners on, we blithely sacrifice the systems that sustain us with clean air and water." Local Westchester residents care about the fight West Virginians are facing as they battle to save their mountains, water and health. Watch this video which includes photographs by South Salem photographer J Henry Fair, founder of the Wolf Conservation Center.