Please join us in supporting ILoveMountains.org in their ongoing campaign to bring a halt to Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining. There is a bill in front of the House of Representatives that would do a great deal to help stop this incredibly destructive operation. As you probably know, MTR is one of the most ecologically [...]
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Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Bill, call, clean water protection act, climate change, Coal, coal mining, Congress, Global Warming, h.r. 1310, house of representatives, i love mountains, Mining, mountain top, mountaintop, mtr, protest, removal, representative on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More Astroturf: “Faces of Coal” are actually IStock Photos
Posted in Coal, tagged Coal, coal ash, clean coal, coal industry, american coalition for clean coal electricity, coal ash slurry spill, coal plant, coal ash spill, coal ash waste, mountain top removal, coal mining, coal mines, astroturf, Faces of Coal on August 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Rule #1 for being an organization even pretending to be a grassroots movement: Actually have some grassroots supporters. Even manufactured outrage groups ginned up by Freedomworks or the Tea Bag people or United Health Care actually have people who believe and will regurgitate their corporate PR spin. But, presumably because the coal industry couldn’t find [...]
EPA Freezes Hundreds of Mountain Top Removal Permits
Posted in Coal, tagged ap, appalachian mountains, army corps of engineers, associated press, clean water act, Coal, coal mining, dina cappiello, EPA, Lisa Jackson, mountain top removal, Obama administration, richmond, va on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MOST EXCELLENT news from Dina Cappiello at the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits on hold Tuesday, saying it wants to evaluate the projects’ impact on streams and wetlands. The decision by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson targets a controversial practice that allows coal mining companies to dump [...]

















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