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Election Brings Change, Opportunity for Those Working to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

November 3, 2010 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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By JW Randolph, originally published at Appalachian VoicesLast night saw the United States Congress go through its 3rd straight "change" election, this time in favor of the Republicans. As bad as last night was for many incumbent Democrats, most pundits and pollsters had seen it coming for a long time. Almost all of the folks who lost... [read more]

Stephen Colbert Talks Mountaintop Removal Mining with ‘Science’ Article Author

January 18, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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Stephen Colbert talks with University of Maryland biologist Margaret Palmer about an article she co-authored in the journal Science. The article has received particular attention in the media because it advocates so strongly against the devastating practice of mountaintop removal mining. Colbert takes issue with scientists becoming... [read more]

Coal Giant Massey Called Out for 12,000 Pollution Violations

January 15, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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Rail Yards at Danville, West Virginia, loaded with coal cars ready to be hauled from one of the largest transshipment points for coal in the world. (Photo: U.S. National Archives, 1974) Environmental groups to sue Massey Energy for ignoring thousands of violations of the Clean Water Act and surface mining laws. A coalition of... [read more]

Appalachia But Not Alberta: Whither the Tar Sands Advocates?

January 14, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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It's going to take a lot to stop the destruction of the Athabasca oil sands region. Last week, we wrote about the remarkable paper in Science where a dozen scientists called for a ban on mountaintop removal mining due to the practice’s harmful effects on the environment and on human health. There’s an even greater environmental crime... [read more]

Science Confirms the Abhorrently Obvious: Blowing Up Mountains Damages Environment, Human Health

January 7, 2010 by Jesse Jenkins
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Or should I say, the obviously abhorrent... The incredibly destructive coal mining practice known as "mountaintop removal" causes "pervasive and irreversible" damage to human health and the environment, according to an authoritative scientific study released today. The comprehensive and far-reaching scientific review, entitled "... [read more]

Operation Free: Defending America from the threat of climate change

September 11, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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Today’s guest blogger is Jon Gensler, a former U.S. Army captain, LEED accredited professional, and a dual MBA/MPA Candidate at MIT Sloan and the Harvard Kennedy School (a repost). September 11th is both a difficult and honorable day. Difficult because eight years ago we were woken to threat of terrorism on our shores as thousands of... [read more]

Miners Who Blow Up Mountains are Mad at Senator Alexander. Wonder if His 100 Nuclear Plants in 20 Years Goal is Part of the Reason?

July 26, 2009 by Rod Adams
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According to a July 26, 2009 article in the Washington Post titled Miners Boycott Tenn. Over Alexander's Bill: It Would Ban Mountaintop Removal, a group of coal miners from West Virginia have decided to quit visiting Dollywood and the Knoxville Zoo in an attempt to show their displeasure with Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN).... [read more]

Google Earth Outreach – Best Practices on Mapping Social and Environmental Issues Accross the Globe

July 17, 2009 by Lorna Li
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Steve Miller, Product Manager Google Earth, gave a presentation for Net Tuesday on Google Earth Outreach – a program that enables nonprofits and NGOs to use Google Earth and other geo-spatial applications to tell their stories. Steve highlighted a number of organizations that leveraged Google Earth to tell their stories in effective... [read more]