Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
At a congressional hearing today on the Clean Water Act, two House representatives from West Virginia (Nick Rahall and Shelley Moore Capito) shifted the questioning to mountaintop removal coal mining during EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's testimony. Kind of like at a hockey game when...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I live in Maryland and am proud to be represented in Congress by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD). Not only does he have a 100% rating from the League of Conservation Voters, but Sen. Cardin is leading the fight in Congress to end...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
It's pretty clear the coal industry is getting some professional PR help to fan the flames of its flimsy protest against Tennessee for refusing to let mining companies level the beloved Smokeys. The latest coverage of the bone-headed boycott over mountaintop removal comes courtesy of the Washington Post....continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Associated Press is reporting on an issue I blogged last week -- the boycott of Tennessee by coal companies, sparked by what the industry says is that state's "hostility" toward mountaintop removal coal mining. As the AP story explains, "angry"...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Today the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in compliance with new Obama administration policy on mountaintop removal coal mining, has proposed eliminating the use of its streamlined permit process for the approval of surface coal mining in Appalachia. For far too long,...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
About 10 years ago St. Louis-based Arch Coal, the nation's second-largest coal mining company, launched an ill-fated PR campaign with full-color newspaper ads touting mountaintop removal as "the right thing to do." It now looks like the company is trading soft persuasion for hardball tactics with its newest...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
This evening, shortly after dusk, I'll join millions of my fellow Americans simultaneously celebrating our nation's liberty by gazing skyward to watch explosions in the sky. When you think about the 4th of July, you think one thing: fireworks. And lots of them, as loud as possible!...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
As a reminder, later today will be a critically important Senate hearing before the Environment and Public Works subcommittee on "The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia." The hearing (which I'll be Tweeting live!) is being...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
It does not bode well that the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled 6-3 in favor of treating America's waterways like dumps. Specifically, the Court decided that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can legally permit the disposal of polluted wastewater...continued→
