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GO YELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

Mountaintop removal defenders disrupt July 4th music festival in West Virginia 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mountain Keepers Music Festival took place this place this July 4th weekend at a park on Kayford Mountain in West Virginia, an event organized by the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation in solidarity against mountaintop removal mining. But Saturday's fun was disrupted when some 20 supporters of Massey Energy, a coal company with mountaintop removal mining operations in the area, crashed the festival and threatened attendees verbally and with obscene gestures.
Dirty South

Climate Central takes on Georgia, coal, and carbon 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
This week brought a new piece of journalism from the crack staff of scientists and reporters at Climate Central. It's called "Georgia: Coal and Carbon."
Southern Utility Blues, part one

Carbon geography 6
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
What went on behind the scenes as the Waxman-Markey bill was hashed out? New maps of America's carbon emission patterns give a good hint at the politics behind the policy.
and let's put an end to dirty coal welfare

Van Jones: Talk to Eric Mathis About Green Jobs in Appalachia 0
Posted 8 months ago