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The defense of mountaintop-removal mining -- as formerly with strip-mining -- is that the economy of Appalachia depends on it. This canard now has been solidly rebutted.
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Updated:VIDEO: Nonviolent Goldman Prize Winner Attacked by Massey Supporter: 94-Year-Old Hechler, Hannah, Hansen Arrested at Coal River
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green
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Daryl Hannah, NASA's celebrated climate scientist James Hansen, and 94-year-old Ken Hechler, the legendary congressman and coal miner hero were arrested in a non-violent protest in West Virginia.
West Virginia: The New Cleveland?
Dave Cooper | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green
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Gov. Manchin, along with southern West Virginia congressman Nick Joe Rahall, are ardent and strident supporters of the destruction of their state.
Reckoning at Coal River: Media and Nation Must Bear Witness to Coalfield Tragedy This Week
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.22.2009 | Green
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Massey Energy,
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Barack Obama,
Carol Browner,
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Darryl Hannah,
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The human rights and constitutional violations of American citizens besieged by ruthless outside coal companies will be on full display this week to the national media and the nation.
Update on Today's Daring Dragline Protest, Launches 7 Days That Will Shake Mountaintop Removal Operations
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green
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Judy Bonds,
Ken Hchler,
Ran,
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Darryl Hannah,
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Four daring protesters accomplished something today that no high ranking member in the Obama administration has ever bothered to do.
Green News Report - June 11, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green
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China,
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It's official, it's a pandemic! (Go ahead and panic); Obama doubles down on mountaintop removal; Green jobs bring in the green. All that and more in today's Green News Report!
UPDATE: Coalfield Advocates Respond to Mountaintop Removal Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green
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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.
Should Wilderness Society Strip US Rep. Nick Rahall of the Ansel Adams Award?
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
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Mo Udall,
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Lisa Jackson,
Jack Spadaro,
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Rahall has turned his back on the mountains and mountaineers while more than 3.5 million pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosives have ripped across the wilderness of his state every day.
Rep. Hechler to President Obama: Time for a Harry S. Truman Moment in the Coalfields
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green
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Standing at the Massey Energy mountaintop removal operation last month, the 94-year-old Hechler showed no sign of retreating on this egregious violation of human rights and the environment.
Bright Lights, Green City: Taking Off-Broadway Off Coal
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green
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Theatre can educate and move people to create change for the common good, not just be another outlet for entertainment.
West Virginia Activists Lock Themselves to Coal Mining Trucks
Dave Cooper | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green
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Coal companies blast off the tops of biologically diverse, densely forested mountains, dumping the rock and rubble into the mountain streams that provide drinking water for millions of people.
'Appalachian Apocalypse': Obama Permits Mountaintop Removal Mining
thedailygreen.com | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green
Just stop and consider this: Across Appalachia, companies are blowing entire mountaintops to smithereens to get at the thin coal seams below. The comm...
Breaking: EPA Clears Waterboarding Permits for Appalachia
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green
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Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, a human rights violation and it must be abolished, not regulated.
Debate: Roberts v. 'Clean Coal' Flack Joe Lucas
David Roberts | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green
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There was an online debate between me and Joe Lucas, spokesflack for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. When he received my questions, he ran off like a pansy.
Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green
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Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, and it must be abolished, not regulated.
Sierra Club Video Skewers Worst Coal Songs Ever Recorded in History
Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green
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Don't ever accuse the Sierra Club of being bad sports. After the West Virginia Coal Association released a series of the worst cellphone ringtone co...
Green News Report - April 28, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green
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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Swine flu protection, nuthin' but pork, said the Republicans; California's new fuel regulations threaten corn ethanol; Does ...
Obama's First 100 Days of Coal: A Few Honest Words, Please
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green
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Let's hope the next 100 days bring us a real green jobs package for the coalfields.
Mountaintop Mining Rule REVERSAL Could Be Coming
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took steps Monday to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows mountaintop mining waste to be dumped...
Earth Day Atonement: 10 Environmental Disasters to Remember
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
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Bhopal,
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Buffalo Creek Disaster,
Species,
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Donora Smog,
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Black Mesa,
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Ten tragic lessons in our nation's environmental history that should never be forgotten. And one climate destabilization tragedy in the making that needs our urgent help.
Even So, The Best Day of the Year
Carl Pope | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green
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India,
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Losing an old laptop is somehow not so important when you hear what the real environmental heroes in this world are up against.
WV House Committee Gag Order: No Stinkin' Green Jobs or Responsible Mining Debate!
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green
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West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Rick Thompson and a handful of House Rules Committee members have just blocked a resolution for the development of a nationally acclaimed industrial wind farm.
EPA Continues To Block Harmful Mining Projects
AP | TIM HUBER | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is objecting to three more Appalachian surface mining permits, saying the operation...
Letter to Senator Robert Byrd: Save My Home
Dave Cooper | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green
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If our grandchildren are going to have any future in West Virginia, we must find a way to bring new jobs and life to our mountain communities.
Mountaintop Mining Procedures Halted In West Virginia By Court
The Charleston Gazette | More Comments ยป | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green
U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin issued an injunction that blocked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from authorizing new valley fills through its...
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