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Heads Up! Massey Energy Now Blasting Coal River Mountain

Jerry Cope | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Appalachia, Ceq, Epa, President Obama, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal River Mountain, Mountain Top Removal, Obama Administration, Bo-Webb, Wvdep, Coal-Country, Coal-River, Michael-Shnayerson, Green News
Jerry Cope

The forecast in Coal River, W.V. now calls for heavy boulders and flying debris. Climate scientist James Hansen has declared it "ground zero in the fight against climate change".

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Outed! Will Obama Meet the Real FACES of Coal or Exposed Big Coal Front?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Faces, Nancy Sutley, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ceq, Coal, DeSmog Blog, Fake Coalfield Faces, Coalfield Faces Stock Photos, Green News
Jeff Biggers

From forged letters to fake rallies, the revelations over Big Coal's public relations machinations continue. Today's candidate for the "bogus coal front of the week" is FACES, the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security.

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

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

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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A Conversation with Nancy Sutley, Head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Javier Sierra | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Council on Environmental Quality, Sierra Club, Latinos and Environment, Ceq, Environmental Justice, Hispanics and Environment, Javier Sierra, Nancy Sutley, Hispanic, Obama Administration, Latinas and the Environment, Global Warming, Politics News
Javier Sierra

As a Latina, Sutley is aware of our community's disproportionate suffering from the consequences of environmental degradation.

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UPDATE: Coalfield Advocates Respond to Mountaintop Removal Crimes and Misdemeanors

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, President Jimmy Carter, Mountaintop Removal, Crime, President Barack Obama, Department of Interior, Vice President Al Gore, Lisa Jackson, Ceq, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Failed mining policy has destroyed our nation's natural heritage, ripped out the roots of the Appalachian culture, and left historic mountain communities in poverty and ruin. And now Obama only wants to "regulate" it.

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Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: White House, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, President Barack Obama, Renewable Energy, Department of Interior, Washington DC, Clean Energy, Ceq, Coal, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Epa, President Jimmy Carter, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, and it must be abolished, not regulated.

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The Environmental Appointments: Obama Means What He Says

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Doe, Epa, Obama Cabinet, Transition, Sutley, Energy Efficiency, Energy Czar, Green Transition, Environment, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Browner, Jackson, Ceq, Chu, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Browner was an inspiring leader and an aggressive regulator who took seriously her responsibility as head of the Clinton EPA to enforce the nation's environmental laws.

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