Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

Banks Risk Public Health, Mountains, and Climate by Financing Coal

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.02.2012

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Mary Anne Hitt

Although the clean energy economy is gaining steam and our use of coal is declining, Appalachia is still threatened by mountaintop removal coal mining. These attacks on Appalachia's mountains and communities also from the banks that finance these operations.

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Appalachian Coalfield Leaders Join Tar Sands Pipeline White House Protest

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.31.2011

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Jeff Biggers

In an extraordinary act of solidarity, Blanton and other Appalachian coalfield leaders will join the growing climate justice sit-in at the White House today, calling on President Obama to deny the TransCanada Keystone pipeline permit.

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The Tombs from the Air

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UBS Bank, Tar Sands, Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Manhattan, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Life After Shopping, Consumerism, Fracking, Shopping, Christmas, Jail, Prisons, Buy Nothing Day, Advertising, Impact News
Reverend Billy

In The Tombs, the grandfathers and brothers could burst into laughter, a shouted story always flamboyantly unfolding. Here my transcendence and human contact is my letter to you.

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Ashley Judd is Doing the Right Thing

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Nilles

My colleague, Sierra Club Conservation Director Sarah Hodgdon, just wrote this excellent piece on Ashley Judd and I wanted to share it here:Actress As...

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Securing Our Clean Energy Future

Gloria Reuben | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Massey Energy, President Obama, Clean Coal, Don Blankenship, Senator Lindsay Graham, Waterkeeper Alliance, Jr., State of the Union Address, Comprehensive Energy Bill, Robert Kennedy, Green News
Gloria Reuben

There's a battle taking place over the sources of America's energy. At this pivotal time in global environmental history, it's critical that we restructure the capturing and use of energy.

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Coal: Good News, and An Opportunity for More

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Michigan, Coal, Sierra Club, West Virginia, Ohio, Home News
Bruce Nilles

I've got two good news pieces this week - and one issue we need your help on. Last week our Michigan Chapter and everyone who loves clean air and clea...

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Have Faith

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, JP Morgan Chase, Mountaintop Removal, Faith, Activism, Climate Change, Jamie Dimon, Green News
Reverend Billy

We've seen the failure of saving the earth through shopping, lawsuits and compromising with Wal-Mart. Faith is far deeper -- and it's what we need to counter a man-made apocalypse.

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Exposing the Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Nilles

This post was co-written by Mark Kresowik, Corporate Accountability and Finance Representative for the Sierra Club.The idea of corporate responsibilit...

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