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- Newspaper Exposé Blasts Wildlife Services Predator Killing (April 30, 2012)
- Scaredy-Cat Reps Seek Quiet Death for TN Mountaintop Removal Ban (March 28, 2012)
- Governor Curiously Silent on Tennessee Mountaintop Removal (March 9, 2012)
- Mountaintop Removal Ban Forges Ahead in Tennessee (March 2, 2012)
- Blowing up Mountains: Bad for Business in Tennessee (March 5, 2012)
- BREAKING: Game Time for Tennessee Mountaintop Removal Ban (February 29, 2012)
- Decision Time to End Mountaintop Removal in Tennessee (February 22, 2012)
- President's Budget: Chipping Away at Wildlife Killing Funds (February 13, 2012)
- 40 Days of Prayer Launches Fight for Tennessee's Mountains (January 10, 2012)
- Water Quality Study Strikes Another Blow at Myth of Mountaintop Removal "Reclamation" (December 13, 2011)
- New music video: A cry from the heart to end mountaintop removal (December 1, 2011)
- USDA-Wildlife Services dog killing in Oregon points to deep problems (December 2, 2011)
- Public Health dean backs up mountaintop removal research at WVU (November 22, 2011)
- Mountain-saving music from 2/3 Goat goes national (November 22, 2011)
- WV Governor throws down anti-EPA gauntlet at inauguration (November 15, 2011)
- Committee press release redacts existence of mountaintop removal opponents (September 27, 2011)
- Community voices stifled in WV mountaintop removal hearing (September 25, 2011)
- More overblown mountaintop removal claims in the House of Representatives (September 22, 2011)
- BREAKING: Poll finds solid opposition to mountaintop removal in coal states (August 16, 2011)
- CNN's mountaintop removal doc garners praise, anger, and everything in between (August 15, 2011)
- Join the Twitter conversation about CNN mountaintop removal documentary - this Sunday night (August 11, 2011)
- CNN's Soledad O'Brien profiles mountaintop removal - watch this Sunday (August 9, 2011)
- Industry goes to court to burn forests for fuel (August 5, 2011)
- Movies Can Save Mountains: Act Now! (July 28, 2011)
- BREAKING: Mountaintop removal linked to increased cancer risk (July 27, 2011)
- Mountaintop removal not creating jobs, regulation not killing them (July 15, 2011)
- Mountaintop removal fight gets uglier: Proud hillbillies wield science against bigotry (July 12, 2011)
- NRA, Big Ag kill measure to save tax money by saving wildlife (June 16, 2011)
- History made: March on Blair Mountain is a hard-earned success (June 17, 2011)
- ACT NOW: Cut taxpayer funding for government wildlife killing (June 13, 2011)
- The Last Mountain gains traction for a film and a movement (June 5, 2011)
- March on Blair Mountain begins today: join the virtual march! (June 6, 2011)
- Can a movie change the game for mountaintop removal? (May 24, 2011)
- PLEDGE TODAY: Music project to save mountains needs your support (May 18, 2011)
- The March on Blair Mountain: Hundreds of footsteps forward for Appalachia (May 16, 2011)
- House mountaintop removal hearings conclude with strong EPA testimony (May 12, 2011)
- House mountaintop removal hearing, round 2: will EPA strike back? (May 10, 2011)
- Appalachian mountain defenders seen, not heard at House mountaintop removal hearing (May 6, 2011)
- King Coal gets top billing at mountaintop removal hearing (May 4, 2011)
- Industry group grabs "Forests Not Fuel" URLs to push "Forests ARE Fuel" agenda (May 2, 2011)
- The Determined Face of a Clean Energy Revolution (April 21, 2011)
- Another dead dog, and more questions about Wildlife Services (April 21, 2011)
- See you at Power Shift (April 14, 2011)
- Don't mess with Appalachia: MTR stays out of budget deal (April 11, 2011)
- URGENT: Mountaintop removal threat on spending bill (April 8, 2011)
- Gov. Beshear visits Kentucky coal country (April 8, 2011)
- TODAY: Call in to stop Mountaintop Removal (April 5, 2011)
- Hear Music Save Mountains on "WoodSongs" Radio Show (March 23, 2011)
- CNN Takes on USDA Wildlife Poisoning (March 17, 2011)
- Kentuckians return to court to fight MTR pollution, represented by NRDC attorneys (March 9, 2011)
- URGENT: Tennessee bill greenwashes mountaintop destruction (March 8, 2011)
- Congressional Heroes Say No to Mountaintop Removal (February 20, 2011)
- Bank Policies Mean Money for Mountaintop Removal (January 31, 2011)
- Who Benefits from MTR? Follow the Coal (January 24, 2011)
- EPA vetoes mega mountaintop-to-moonscape project (January 13, 2011)
- Kentucky pol on EPA enforcement: "Secession is an option" (January 6, 2011)
- Don Blankenship, we hardly knew ye (December 5, 2010)
- Why predator poisons should be history--but aren't (November 29, 2010)
- Recommended viewing for the hopeful: 'Deep Down' airs on PBS this month (November 23, 2010)
- Massey Energy faces 700 angry men (and women) (November 16, 2010)
- Bank MTR financing policies: What's next? (November 9, 2010)
- EPA Region 3 says "no" to vast mountaintop removal mine (October 15, 2010)
- EPA science on mountaintop removal impacts reaffirmed (September 30, 2010)
- Country Weekly magazine features Music Saves Mountains artists (September 29, 2010)
- Appalachia Risen: Thousands rally to end mountaintop removal (September 27, 2010)
- Appalachia Rising: why it matters (September 22, 2010)
- Music Saving Mountains: Big Kenny and friends say no to MTR on Capitol HIll (September 15, 2010)
- Patriot Coal slammed on selenium from MTR operations (September 2, 2010)
- Appalachia Rising in Washington (August 30, 2010)
- Kentucky musicians vote with their feet against dirty coal (August 25, 2010)
- "Race for the Cause" and for chemical policy reform tomorrow in DC (July 28, 2010)
- Dana Milbank: "Blankenship must have no sense of shame" (July 26, 2010)
- No surprises from Don Blankenship at Press Club (July 23, 2010)
- Livetweeting Don Blankenship at the Nat'l Press Club (July 22, 2010)
- Untested chemicals are creepy. Tell Congress to Take Out Toxics. (July 21, 2010)
- Don Blankenship: out of the frying pan... (July 15, 2010)
- Expedited MTR permits put on hold (June 18, 2010)
- Predator poison kills dogs in Idaho (May 15, 2010)
- Cancer in coal country: study links health of streams with health of people (April 21, 2010)
- Rubber Ducky, you’re the one…fighting to keep people safe from toxic chemicals (March 31, 2010)
- Join in: mountaintop removal day of action THIS TUESDAY (March 8, 2010)
- Protecting bees from mountaintop removal: close, but no cigar, Kentucky (February 18, 2010)
- Tennessee bats now in trouble as white-nose syndrome spreads (February 16, 2010)
- How much does it cost to buy a mining permit in Utah? (February 4, 2010)
- Add your voice: Week in Washington to End Mountaintop Removal (February 4, 2010)
- Watch tonight: Don Blankenship vs. Bobby Kennedy (January 21, 2010)
- 3 Years Since CCD First Reported: Bee Experts Track Progress (September 3, 2009)
- Do the Honey Bee (August 28, 2009)
- USDA Reports on Colony Collapse Disorder Research (July 28, 2009)
- As Goes the Tongass... (July 17, 2009)
- Crossing the finish line for roadless National Forests (July 14, 2009)
- Put your paddle where your mouth is (May 12, 2009)
- The First Beekeeper (March 31, 2009)
- One hundred thousand speak out for a strong Endangered Species Act (October 14, 2008)
- Study: Pollinator loss costs big bucks, could threaten java supplies (October 1, 2008)
- What does the Environmental Protection Agency know about pesticides and colony collapse disorder? (August 18, 2008)
- Show bees the money (July 30, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 17 (July 17, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 16 (July 16, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 15 (July 14, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 13 (July 13, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 11 (July 11, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 10 (July 10, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 7 (July 7, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 6 (July 5, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 5 (July 4, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 4 (July 3, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 2 (July 1, 2008)
- Guest blogger: Margo Pellegrino's message in a bottle for healthy oceans--Day 1 (June 30, 2008)
- Guest Blogger: Margo Pellegrino's Message in a Bottle Canoe Voyage (June 28, 2008)
- Survey shows rising honey bee losses (May 8, 2008)
- Bees disappear and honey bee theft spreads east (April 23, 2008)
- C is for...Could be doing more for oceans (March 31, 2008)
- Black market bees (March 12, 2008)
- Arctic herds in a new kind of trouble (March 5, 2008)
- Does a world without honey bees mean a world without Haagen-Dazs? (February 26, 2008)
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