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Direct Action Against MTR at EPA

Posted in Global Warming, tagged action, Coal, EPA, Global Warming, Lisa Jackson, Mining, mountain top removal, mountaintop, mtr, obama, protest, RAN on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Activists are risking arrest by demonstrating outside EPA national headquarters in make-shift tripod stands. They say they won’t go away until EPA administrator Lisa Jackson promises to make a fly-over of the Appalachian Mountain Top Removal coal mines to see first hand the destruction it is causing. Despite the Obama administration making claims they would [...]

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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 »

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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Tree Sitters Halt Blasting On Coal River Mountain

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged activists, Coal, coal mine, coal river mountain, Global Warming, Massey, mtr on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Blasting on Coal River Mountain was halted due to a tree sit by three activists: Eric Blevins, 28, Amber Nitchman, 19, and David Aaron Smith, 23. On standby at the trees’ base were the direct supporters Josh Graupera, 19, and Isabelle Rozendaal, 22. Associated with Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice, these activists are opposed [...]

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Coal Fight! Kennedy vs Blankenship

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged Appalachia, Blankenship, Clean Skies, Coal, debate, Don Blankenship, economy, Global Warming, Kennedy, Massey, massey energy, mountain top removal, mtr, Robert Kennedy, Waterkeeper Alliance on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Thursday evening at 6:30pm Robert F. Kennedy Jr will debate Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy – the largest coal producer in West Virginia. The subject of debate is the future of coal, Mountain Top Removal (MTR) mining, and economic opportunities for Appalachia. Kennedy is the chief litigator for the Waterkeeper’s Alliance and a [...]

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