Matt Wasson is an ecologist and the director of programs for Appalachian Voices where he oversees the award-winning online campaign to stop mountaintop removal coal mining on iLoveMountains.org. Beginning with his doctoral research at Cornell University on the impacts of acid rain on birds, Dr. Wasson has spent the last 15 years working to address the impacts of all aspects of the "coal cycle" from mining, transportation and combustion of coal to the deposition of pollutants and disposal of power plant waste.

Blog Entries by Matt Wasson

Breaking: Mountaintop Removal Begins on Coal River Mountain -- Help Needed Now

Posted October 24, 2009 | 03:57 PM (EST)


Alert from iLoveMountains.org

BREAKING NEWS: Reports are coming in from residents of West Virginia's Coal River Valley that Massey Energy has begun mountaintop removal mining operations on Coal River Mountain. Sprawling across thousands of acres of diverse and pristine hardwood forests, this mountain is home to the tallest peaks...

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Misleading "Energy Sprawl" Study Pollutes Climate Debate

8 Comments | Posted October 1, 2009 | 09:22 AM (EST)


As Congress was returning from the August recess, there wasn't much news about the climate bill. The only energy-related news breaking through the coverage of the rancorous health care debates and town-hall tea parties was a study on "energy sprawl" published by five staff members of the Nature Conservancy....

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Mountaintop Removal Blow-Back

Posted March 25, 2009 | 04:10 PM (EST)


If you're a reader of the Huffington Post Green Page then you are almost certainly aware that the Obama Administration signaled a major shift yesterday in how mountaintop removal coal mining will be regulated. In brief, Obama's head of the EPA, announced a decision to delay and review permits...

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