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"You People", environmental degradation, and difficult choices2 comments

urocyon wrote 1 week ago: Again, I scaled this photo not to overflow the column here too badly, but you can click on it for a … more →

Tags: anger, Bogus Hierarchical Crap, Environment, indigenism, New River, Pollution, Progress, racism, regional bias

Blowing up our clean energy future1 comment

Joshua Kahn Russell wrote 1 month ago: Cross posted from Grist By Nell Greenberg, Rainforest Action Network Last week, blasting began on Co … more →

Tags: Coal Campaign, mountain top removal, green jobs, Clean Energy, MTR, Mountaintop Removal, coal river mountain, CRM, Coal River Wind

Army Corps to Hold Public Hearing in Ohio on Mountaintop Removal Rule Change

ohioenvirolawcenter wrote 2 months ago: Some good news has come recently from the Army Corps of Engineers, which has responsibility for admi … more →

Tags: News, appalachia, Clean Water Act, Army Corps of Engineers

Mountaintop removal review moves to next stage

Holly Doremus wrote 2 months ago: EPA finished September with a flourish. In addition to proposing New Source Review rules for greenho … more →

Tags: regulatory policy, water, EPA

EPA Turns the Lights on Mountaintop Removal

chrisy58 wrote 3 months ago: Published on Saturday, September 12, 2009 by The Nation EPA Turns the Lights on Mountaintop Removal … more →

Tags: enviromental issues, EPA

Mountaintop removal update: EPA may grow a spine

Holly Doremus wrote 3 months ago: Photo from Mountain Action EPA today announced that it would review 79 pending applications for Clea … more →

Tags: Misc, water, Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, Clean Water Act 404

Mineweb - POLITICAL ECONOMY - US environmental agency says mountain-top mining permit decisions will be coming shortly

seabird7 wrote 3 months ago: Mineweb – POLITICAL ECONOMY – US environmental agency says mountain-top mining permit de … more →

Tags: Environment, Clean Water Act, Water Quality, Social Justice, Environmental Justice, water pollution

Court to Interior: Not so fast on rule change4 comments

Holly Doremus wrote 4 months ago: In April, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asked a federal court to vacate a last-minute Bush administ … more →

Tags: Litigation, regulatory policy, Bush administration, Obama Administration

Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachian 1 comment

chrisy58 wrote 4 months ago: Published on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 by Yale Environment 360 Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying … more →

Tags: Political Issues, enviromental issues, appalachian

A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia9 comments

chrisy58 wrote 5 months ago: Published on Friday, July 3, 2009 by The Washington Post A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia by … more →

Tags: Political Issues, enviromental issues, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

End-to-End…to End Mountaintop Removal6 comments

harlanwill wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday, I completed a 72-mile, end-to-end run across Great Smoky Mountains National Park in just … more →

Tags: Smokies, End to End, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, smokies run, Smokies Crossing, scar, Appalachian Trail, Mountaintop Removal, mountain top removal

Farrah Fawcett Living Downstream49 comments

Steven Mather wrote 5 months ago: Dividing Breast Cell Farrah Fawcett’s death is both poignant and embarrassingly mundane. It is poign … more →

Tags: General, Barack Obama, Cancer, Sarah Palin, environmental responsibility, Environmental Degradation, Farrah Fawcett, environmental oncology, living downstream

The costs and benefits of coal1 comment

Holly Doremus wrote 5 months ago: (Photo from the Charleston Gazette) It was widely reported earlier this week that outspoken NASA cli … more →

Tags: Misc, regulatory policy, Cost-Benefit Analysis, James Hansen

Reckoning at Coal River

chrisy58 wrote 5 months ago: I wish I had the funds to go there and be part of this protest and to stand with the brave people wh … more →

Tags: enviromental issues, Green issues, Political Action, Green Party, West Virginia, Coal, Protest, Coal River

Daring Dragline Protest Launches 7 Days That Will Shake Mountaintop Removal Operations9 comments

chrisy58 wrote 6 months ago: I posted this under the article on Common Dreams.:   We must not give up fighting. We must not give … more →

Tags: enviromental issues, Green issues, Political Action

Clean Coal Knee-Capping: Secretary Chu Makes $1 Billion Down Payment For More Dirty Coal2 comments

chrisy58 wrote 6 months ago: Published on Saturday, June 13, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Clean Coal Knee-Capping: Secretary Chu Make … more →

Tags: enviromental issues, Health Issues, Green Party, Clean coal, Secretary Chu

Obama Mining Plan Draws Criticism From Both Sides

chrisy58 wrote 6 months ago: Published on Friday, June 12, 2009 by The Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) Obama Mining Plan Draws … more →

Tags: Political Issues, enviromental issues, President Obama

Stopping the Desecration of Mountaintop Removal

chrisy58 wrote 6 months ago: Published on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 by Creators Syndicate Stopping the Desecration of Mountaintop R … more →

Tags: Political Issues, enviromental issues, President Obama

Indecorous Voices1 comment

aalquist wrote 6 months ago: Posted by Ann Alquist Democracy Now! had a segment on the arrests of West Virginia activists over mo … more →

Tags: interesting source, Social Justice, Coal


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