Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The 80-square mile Hobet 21 mine (above), near Danville, West Virginia, is due to expand fivefold -- like other mountaintop removal operations it will yield one ton of coal for every 16 tons of terrain displaced. This mine is the...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
When is a stream no longer a stream? In other words, if you fill it, will it still flow? When mountaintop mining occurs the waste rock, rubble, dirt and other debris that results from blasting gets push off the cleared ridge-top...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It took over 300 million years for the Appalachian mountains to form. But apparently it only takes a few years to flatten one. And that’s just what rapacious coal companies have been doing to hundreds of mountaintops over the past...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Environmental Justice , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
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...continued→
