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 10.29.2009 | Green
The scandalous University of Kentucky Trustees may have voted to approve rebuilding and renaming the beloved Joe B. Hall Wildcat Lodge as the Wildcat Coal Lodge, but the public relations nightmare has just begun.
Rob Perks | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
A new study found coal to be the costliest of all fossil fuels -- to the tune of $62 billion a year. Indeed, the damage caused by the nation's 406 coal-fired plants is far worse than any other energy source.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago activists called attention to the deadly life cycle of coal mining and coal burning -- including the burning of coal strip-mined from mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia.
Gloria Reuben | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact
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.
Matt Wasson | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green
The fate of Coal River Mountain is America's energy future. If the coal companies can mine there, they can do anything they want.
John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
Perhaps the biggest challenge in changing human behavior to address the reality of climate change is connecting impacts to every day life. But t...
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.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green
Who are the real FACES of the coalfield movement for a sustainable and diversified economy, clean energy jobs, and the preservation of the historic Appalachian communities?
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Landmark clean energy legislation finally drops in the U.S. Senate; EPA plows forward anyway; Scientists revise their pred...
Matt Wasson | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green
The concept of "energy sprawl," now associated with such a distorted picture of the impacts of wind, solar, coal and nuclear technologies, adds nothing but confusion and false impressions to the climate debate.
Rob Perks | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green
Perhaps Blankenship's extreme wealth is why Forbes magazine decided to interview him. But what shines through more than anything is Blankenship's extreme anti-environmental worldview.
Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics
The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
This might be the shameless story of the week: Either that, or West Virginia University president James P. Clements has a lot of explaining to do.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
Duhigg's portrait of the Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia--and the indifference of state agencies--blew the cover on one of the worst kept secrets in Appalachia.
Yahoo! News | Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 79 applications for surface coal-mine permits in Kentucky , West Virginia , Oh...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
Pizarchik's hearing on Tuesday will be a litmus test of the Obama administration's--and the US Senate's--commitment to appointing and confirming agency directors who believe in science and law in our nation's coalfields.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
For the eight years of the Bush Administration, permits were being issued that violated the Clean Water Act, but EPA was prevented from objecting. Clearly there is a new sheriff in town.
Dave Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
What happens when coal companies flatten the mountains directly above Appalachian communities?
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
Massey Energy's brutal attacks on coalfield residents and the judicial system have drawn national criticism.
Rob Perks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
No amount of spinning will help Verizon Wireless. But the company can dig itself out of this hole simply by admitting its mistake and immediately withdrawing its support for the rally.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Glenn Beck's controversial track record pales in comparison to Massey Energy's mining operations in Appalachia, which have literally displaced American citizens from their native homes.
Jerry Cope | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
On any given day, 3.5 million pounds of explosives blast apart the oldest mountain range on the planet. But for the past week there have only been sounds of silence.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green
Verizon and a British Lord are joining forces to deny climate change and fight unions.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
Now is the time for all good greens, rednecks, social entrepreneurs, hellraisers, Repower America and Al Gore to come to the aid of their fellow citizens in the Appalachian coalfields.
Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green