Appalachia Coal

Difficult Questions in the Wake of a Coal Tragedy

Erich Pica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appalachia Coal, Carbon Capture and Storage, Appalachia, Massey Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Don Blankenship, West Virginia, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Coal, Union, Green News
Erich Pica

Instead of clinging to the status quo, West Virginia's elected officials must use this tragedy as an opportunity to ask difficult questions about the future of coal in West Virginia. Here are some of mine.

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It's Time For Mountaintop Removal To Stop

xxXGloria RubenXxx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appalachia Coal, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Coal Industry, Big Coal, Impact News
xxXGloria RubenXxx

Big coal has busted up the unions, impoverished communities, and lined the pockets of state politicians and judges. It's time for this to stop.

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Stop the Teabaggers, Give Them Green Jobs: Lessons From the Coalfields of West Virginia

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Al Gore, Green Jobs, Teabagging, Unemployment, Mountaintop Removal, New Deal, West Virginia, Town Halls, Clean Energy, Racism, Fdr, Progresive-Movement, Appalachia Coal, Appalachia, Appalachia Poverty, Business News
Mike Elk

To know the story of West Virginia is to know why the progressive movement is failing to win over white working class voters. Because of their primary concern: jobs.

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"No, I'm Not From Here, But I Got Here Just as Soon as I Could"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appalachia Coal, Appalachia, Big Coal, Salamanders, Coal, Coal Mining, Strip Mining, Forests, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

It's Eden in the Mountains here in Appalachian Virginia -- miles and miles of green, forested mountains in every direction. But these natural wonders are being devoured by the coal industry.

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