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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

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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