Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green
Given the irreparable damage of his mining record, Pizarchik's entrenched support of the coal industry suggests that the OSM would continue its decades-old tradition of lawlessness and betrayal of coalfield residents.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business
Speculation and psychology go hand in hand. The Department of Energy has it within its powers to change the temper of the marketplace.
politico.com | MIKE ALLEN & CRAIG GORDON | | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green
At the same time Salazar is working on those internal issues, he is also at the forefront of Obama's agenda for energy and climate change, which is no...
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department on Wednesday in a dispute over oil a...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green
Let's hope the next 100 days bring us a real green jobs package for the coalfields.
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — While the Obama administration has touted offshore renewable energy development, a turf fight between two federal agencies has stym...
Anchorage Daily News | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
Juneau Democrat Kim Elton said this morning he's resigning from the state Senate to become director of Alaska affairs for the U.S. Department of the I...
ProPublica | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
With just 39 days left in office, the Bush administration has just issued a final rule change on the Endangered Species Act despite the concerns of environmentalists and congressional Democrats.
AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — People will soon be able to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges. The Bush administration said...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
For the sake of a balanced approached to mining, indigenous rights, and environmental concerns, let's hope U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva takes the reins at the Department of the Interior.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business
Against the interests of the nation this administration has permitted, even encouraged the dramatic transfer of wealth to oil interests in dimensions beyond the fondest dreams of Croesus.
Josh Tickell | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green
"Recently, a scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of the Interior responsible for, among other things, royalties to oil companies."
ProPublica | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica A series of inspector general reports alleging cocaine use and government regulators literally jumping into bed with Big Oil ...
Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green