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Sandra Diaz
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Sandra Diaz is the national field coordinator for Appalachian Voices, which works to protect the natural and cultural heritage of central and southern Appalachia. She works with activists to help educate people all the US about mountaintop removal coal mining, which she considers one of the largest environmental and human right issues in US today.

Contact: sandra@appvoices.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandranista

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Websites: iLoveMountains.org, AppalachianVoices.org, www.powerpastcoal.org

Blog Entries by Sandra Diaz

Lamar Alexander Walks the Walk for the Mountains and Communities of Appalachia

Posted March 26, 2009 | 04:23 PM (EST)

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There has been an exciting and unprecedented flurry of activity this week to stop mountaintop removal coal mining, with the White House, the EPA, and United States Senate all taking significant action...

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Coal is Dirty From Start to Finish

7 Comments | Posted January 15, 2009 | 03:50 PM (EST)

As I and many others have reported here on Huffington Post, on December 22nd, at 12:30 a.m., a containment wall holding back 50 years worth of toxic coal ash gave way. The sludge rushed into the Emory River, creating a 20 foot tall wave of waste and water that proceeded...

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New Media Keeping Coal Ash Spill from Drowning in the Muck (VIDEO)

6 Comments | Posted January 8, 2009 | 04:08 PM (EST)

While the current amount of coverage on the 1 billion gallon coal ash spill in Harriman, TN is definitely lacking compared to how devastating this disaster is, the amount of coverage is more than 4 times what the Martin County, KY spill of 2000 received, based on a quick...

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Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video)

17 Comments | Posted January 5, 2009 | 04:16 PM (EST)

December 26th, 4:30pm - 4 days after the 1 billion gallon toxic coal ash spill in Harriman, TN.

I'm on the phone with Donna Lisenby, the Upper Watauga Riverkeeper in North Carolina, who was planning to travel to the TVA coal ash spill and collect water samples along the...

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