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CNN Covers Mountaintop Mining

October 8, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
coal, coalmining, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval

Three cheers for our friends at Coal River Mountain Watch for their continued persistence in fighting Massey Energy Company's efforts to gain approval from federal and state authorities so they can blast the mountain into oblivion to mine coal.  A...

Big Coal Getting Lucky in Kentucky

May 15, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice

Tags:
coalmining, kentucky, mountaintopremoval

I had to reread this story to be sure it wasn't actually from The Onion. Taxpayer dollars going to spew propaganda to children about the wonders of coal and the benefits of MTR?Unbelievable. Sadly, outrageously, this is totally true. Yet...

Many Mountains. One Voice.

February 21, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Environmental Justice , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
appalachia, coalmining, miningdestruction, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, mtr

It's good to know that Kentuckians have laws to protect their communities from the abuses of our throwaway society. While spending time recently in the eastern part of the state, I was relieved when I read a front page story...

Rob Perks
Rob Perks
Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Washington, D.C.
I run NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns. Our shop exists to guide NRDC's policy and...
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