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How Green is Chicago? Eight Arrested at Deadly Fisk Coal-Fired Plant

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 350.Org, Climate Change, Chicago, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Strip Mining, Sierra Club, Coal-Fired Plants, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, 350ppm, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

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.

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Rocker Ted Nugent to Emcee Pro-Coal "Friends of America" Rally in West Virginia

Dave Cooper | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hannity, Blankenship, West Virginia, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Strip Mining, Massey, Nugent, Entertainment News
Dave Cooper

Nugent, whose on-stage antics include wearing a loincloth and inviting President Obama to "suck on my machine gun" will emcee the event, which also inculdes Sean Hannity and Hank Williams Jr.

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King Coal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 08.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Appalachia, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Strip Mining, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The giant advantage of a quick conversion from coal to gas is the quickest route for jumpstarting our economy and saving our planet.

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West Virginia Coal Thugs Disrupt July 4th Picnic (Video)

Dave Cooper | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal, Miners, Daryl Hannah, James Hansen, Mountaintop Removal, Dancing Outlaw, Manchin, Strip Mining, Massey, Kayford, Green News
Dave Cooper

Irate coal miners disrupted the annual 4th of July community picnic atop Larry Gibson's Kayford Mountain, the only mountain left in the area that has not been decapitated for coal.

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West Virginia: The New Cleveland?

Dave Cooper | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Kinetic Park, Cleveland, Mountaintop Removal, Rahall, Pittsburgh, Coal, Strip Mining, Cuyahoga, Manchin, Green News
Dave Cooper

Gov. Manchin, along with southern West Virginia congressman Nick Joe Rahall, are ardent and strident supporters of the destruction of their state.

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West Virginia Activists Lock Themselves to Coal Mining Trucks

Dave Cooper | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountain Justice, Mountaintop Removal, Strip Mining, Coal, Climate Change, Mining, Kayford, Green News
Dave Cooper

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.

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Letter to Senator Robert Byrd: Save My Home

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Sen. Byrd, Mountaintop Removal, Coal-River, Coal, Mountains, West Virginia, Responsible Minig, Coal Mining Employment, Appalachian Mountain Restoration Act, Strip-Mining, Coal River Mountain, Strip Mining, Leevale, Green News
Dave Cooper

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.

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Diane Sawyer: Talk to Ashley Judd, Don't Overlook the 800-LB Gorilla on 20/20

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Silas House, Ashley Judd, Appalachia, Abc-Tv, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Drug Abuse, Children of the Mountains, Strip Mining, Diane Sawyer, Poverty, Media News
Jeff Biggers

Sawyer's special report failed to notice the 800-pound gorilla in the room: Mountaintop removal strip mining that has devastated eastern Kentucky's communities and economy.

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Why Raul Grijalva Matters at Interior: Black Mesa Nightmare Redux

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dirty Coal, Dine, Obama Cabinet, Coal, Raul Grijalva, Department of the Interior, Hopi, Environment, Environmental Protection, Big Coal, Native Americans, Navajo, Green, Strip Mining, Arizona, Barack Obama Transition, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

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.

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Kaboom. Oops, There Goes the Neighborhood! How to Rewrite Your Way Around Regulation You Don't Like

Jessica Catto | Posted 11.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Energy, Aspen Film Fesitval, "Crimes Against Nature, Jr., " Environment, Strip Mining, Robert Kennedy, Morgan Freeman Narrates, Entertainment News
Jessica Catto

Emotion and impact are the hallmarks of a new documentary on... strip mining. "Crimes Against Nature," involves you visually and viscerally in the amputation of earth's monuments.

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"No, I'm Not From Here, But I Got Here Just as Soon as I Could"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Appalachia Coal, Appalachia, Big Coal, Salamanders, Coal, Coal Mining, Strip Mining, Forests, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

It's Eden in the Mountains here in Appalachian Virginia -- miles and miles of green, forested mountains in every direction. But these natural wonders are being devoured by the coal industry.

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