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Recovering Appalachia: A Transition From Coal To Solar

July 18, 2011 by Dan Hofmann
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I had such a great response to my recent commentary that I thought it would be worth the time to take an in depth look at the implications of the massive undertaking of transitioning Kentucky to solar.  Now that we know it’s physically possible for solar photovoltaics (PV) to supply all of the electricity needs in Kentucky by... [read more]

Film Tells the Story of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

June 8, 2011 by Peter Lehner
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A couple of years ago, I flew over mountaintop removal coal operations in Kentucky, and I saw the enormous scale of the destruction wrought by this kind of mining. Last week, I saw an amazing film that showed again the scale of this needless and heedless environmental devastation and revealed the quieter, more personal damage it does to... [read more]

Victory for the Mountains

June 17, 2010 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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Remember those other fossil fuels, besides oil? Yeah, we're still fighting them too. If you're like me and want a little bit of good news amongst all the bad news from the Gulf, today is your lucky day. Today, the Army Corps of Engineers announced that they are going to stop rubber-stamping valley fill permits in Appalachia. As of... [read more]

Mountaintop Removal Mining: Why There’s No Such Thing as ‘Clean Coal’

February 18, 2010 by Tim Hurst
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Today, bloggers all over the internet are pulling together for a Social Media Day of Action. Here are the deets, according to the organizers at the Rainforest Action Network: JP Morgan Chase is the largest US financier of mountaintop removal coal mining, investing hundreds of millions of dollars into a real American tragedy. Instead... [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]

Bats take down West Virgina wind farm

December 10, 2009 by Todd Woody
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I’ve written before about the coming collision between green energy projects and endangered wildlife. Now we have a federal court decision in a case involving an endangered bat and a West Virginia wind farm. As I write Thursday in The New York Times: A federal judge’s ruling that stopped construction of a West Virginia wind farm to... [read more]

ALERT: Blasting Begins on Coal River Mountain

October 27, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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An update from Coal River Mountain Watch and Appalachian Voices. You can take emergency action here.Mountaintop Removal Mining to Destroy 6,600 Acres-and Wind Potential Appalachian community advocates and environmentalists across the nation are expressing outrage that mountaintop removal coal mining operations have begun on Coal River... [read more]

EPA Puts Halt on 79 Pending Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Permits

September 14, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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As I reported last week, a moment of truth has arrived for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and President Barack Obama, who has promised “unprecedented steps” to rein in the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining that is wrecking havoc across wide swaths of Appalachian mountains, valleys and communities.... [read more]

A Moment of Truth for Appalachia, Obama and EPA on Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

September 9, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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A moment of truth has arrived for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and President Barack Obama, who has promised “unprecedented steps” to rein in the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining that is wrecking havoc across wide swaths of Appalachian mountains, valleys and communities.EPA is expected to announce... [read more]