Tagged with Mining And Drilling 
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West Virginia House Committee puts gag order on clean energy resolution
No stinkin’ green jobs or responsible mining debate! 5
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks agoWV House members just blocked a resolution for the development of a nationally acclaimed industrial wind farm and responsible underground coal mining on Coal River Mountain from going to the floor for an actual debate or vote.
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Dear Sen. Byrd: Restoring mountains could be your greatest legacy
A plea to West Virginia’s legendary Senator to stop mountaintop removal 1
Posted 7 months, 4 weeks agoWith daily ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosions from mountaintop removal operations rocking his home and dismantling the mountain above his community, Bo Webb, a Vietnam vet, recently penned an appeal to his West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd to co-sponsor the Appalachian Mountain Restoration Act to stop mountaintop removal and launch a green jobs initiative in Appalachia.
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Mountaintop removal blow-back
Coal mining industry fights back with deceptions about jobs and the economy 1
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
The Obama Administration signaled a major shift yesterday in how mountaintop removal coal mining will be regulated. The blow-back from the mining industry was immediate and fierce.
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Thirty years of betrayal later, Appalachia can't wait
Dear Nancy Sutley: Get it right on mountaintop removal 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoAs a new round of explosives shattered the ridges across mountaintop removal mines in Boone and Raleigh counties in West Virginia yesterday, unleashed by a recent U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, White House Council on Environmental Quality chair Nancy Sutley gave the first indications that the Obama administration plans to act promptly on dealing with the ravages of mountaintop removal in Appalachia.
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Big Coal on the ropes
Knock out calls for anti-mountaintop removal bills 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks agoAin't no mountain high enough: King Coal is on the ropes. Across the nation, anti-mountaintop removal bills are quickly being moved across Capitol Hill and numerous legislatures this week to stop one of the most egregious human rights and environmental violations in modern times.
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Injustice in Ecuador
Ecuadorian government shuts down leading environmental group 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ecuadorian government has shut down Acción Ecológica (Environmental Action), withdrawing the legal status of one of South America's best-known environmental groups. Acción Ecológica has in recent months supported indigenous-led, mass protests and highway blockades against President Rafael Correa's support for large-scale mining.
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Power Past Coal communities host anti-coal events during first 100 days of Obama administration 0
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Oprah to save Appalachia with her mighty army of suburban moms? 0
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Coal River Mountain sit-in campaign blooms 0
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Waterkeeper Alliance unveils anti-coal campaign 4
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Reps reintroduce Clean Water Protection Act, aiming to curb mountaintop-removal mining 1
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Ashley Judd, Silas House rally against mountaintop removal 2
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Clinton appointee upholds destruction of Appalachia 12
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All your whatever we want are belong to us 4
Posted 10 months ago -
Civil disobedience campaign launched at Massey Energy mountaintop-removal site 2
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Significant turning points in the rise of the domestic wind industry 0
Posted 10 months ago -
A $4.6 billion coal gift in stimulus package, record profits for FutureGen members 3
Posted 10 months ago -
Seventy percent of world’s uranium lies under native lands 9
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Oval Office lights connected to mountaintop removal 5
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Black lung is back! 1
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago