Ashley Judd Speaks Out

Ashley Judd is calling for an end to the mining practice known as mountaintop removal. She is a native of Kentucky and was among some 500 people who gathered outside the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky. They held a rally last Tuesday in support of legislation that would essentially end the practice of blasting away mountaintops to unearth coal. The 40 year old actress says she visited mountaintop removal sites last September and described them as barren moonscapes and nothingness where Appalachian peaks once rose.