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no coal, doctors' orders!

Toward a medically defensible energy policy 0
Posted 3 days, 19 hours ago
Mountains look best with their tops on

Coal River Mountain, a symbol of hope, is slated for destruction 37
Posted 1 month ago Mountaintop removal mining is starting on an iconic peak in West Virginia, which has tons of potential for wind energy. A wind farm versus a mountaintop removal coal mine -- there could be no better symbol for the crossroads of America’s energy future. Whichever way it goes, the fate of Coal River Mountain is America’s energy future.
Historic game changer

Will EPA veto or regulate the plunder of Appalachia? 1
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago In a historic move, Lisa Jackson's EPA threw down the gauntlet on mountaintop removal mining last Friday -- after they had just compromised on another massively destructive mountaintop removal operation.
James Hansen on Obama, climate legislation, and the scourge of coal 8
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago A recent New York Times article pointedly asked whether NASA climate scientist Dr. James Hansen still matters. The subtext to the story was, has Hansen been too vocal and too unconventional in his criticism of Washington’s response to climate change to be taken seriously?
Face lift

Who are the faces behind FACES of Coal? 5
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Yet another pro-coal group has popped up to rally folks against climate action. The Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security -- or FACES of Coal -- joins a growing list of "grassroots" groups formed to support fossil fuels.
Coal hard facts

Audio slideshow: Chris Jordan on America’s coal consumption 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
After learning about mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian range, artist Chris Jordan decided to illustrate just how much coal we consume each day.
West Virginia, Kentucky miners boycott Tennessee over proposed mountaintop removal restrictions 3
Posted 4 months ago
There will be no more excursions to Dollywood for Roger Horton, a coal miner who lives in West Virginia -- at least not until U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) drops legislation he's sponsoring that would limit mountaintop removal mining.
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.
Murder by breath

Goodbye to Cancer Valley: In remembrance of my friend John Soley 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
After a long struggle with cancer, my friend Mr. John Soley died at his home in Carbon County, Pa. on Saturday, June 20. He was only 62, which is too young to die of natural causes. But then, neither John nor I believe he got sick from natural causes. We believe he and many of his neighbors were poisoned by pollution, and that the perpetrators should be held to account.
MT promises?

Obama admin will scrutinize mountaintop mining, but not stop it 7
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Obama administration on Thursday announced new steps to reduce the environmental damage from mountaintop-removal mining. Activists say that's a nice first step, but they're disappointed that the admin isn't planning to rein the practice in further and ultimately put a stop to it.