Blasting

Boulder from Mountaintop Coal Mine Smashes Into Kentucky Home

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appalachia, Floyd County, Blasting, Boulder, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Coal Mining, Osm, Frasure Creek, Green News
Dave Cooper

What happens when coal companies flatten the mountains directly above Appalachian communities?

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Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Tree, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Blasting, Nancy Sutley, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Ceq, Forests, Coal, Osmre, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In a stunning blow to mountaintop removal blasting operations in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia this morning, two fearless protesters scaled massive trees and unfurled banners.

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