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BREAKING NEWS: RFK, Jr. and Don Blankenship to Debate Energy

November 19, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

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blankenship, bobbykennedy, cleanenergy, climate, climatechange, coal, dirtycoal, dirtyenergy, donblankenship, energy, globalwarming, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, rfkjr

This just in: Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, has accepted the challenge to debate environmental champion Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., senior counsel for NRDC, on energy issues. I was with Bobby last weekend in Nashville at NRDC's Music Saves Mountains campaign event, but at that time Blankenship...continued

President Obama: Go See the Mountains, Then Save Them

July 3, 2009

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

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appalachia, bobbykennedy, dirtycoal, EPA, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, obama, rfkjr, robertfkennedy

(Photo by J. Henry Fair) It is a national shame that mining companies are allowed to blast America's oldest mountains to smithereens -- all for the sake of dirty coal.  Indeed, it is unfathomable that here in America, where...continued

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Mobilizes on Mountaintop Removal

May 1, 2009

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

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appalachia, bobbykennedy, dirtycoal, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR

Calling mountaintop removal mining "the worst ongoing environmental tragedy our country has ever endured," NRDC Senior Attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is helping our push to persuade Congress to enact legislation that will end the destruction of Appalachia.  Kennedy is enlisting concerned citizens to...continued

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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