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Country Stars Come Out Against Mountaintop Removal

November 12, 2009

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

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appalachia, bigkenny, countrymusic, emmylouharris, gibson, kathymattea, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, musicsavesmountains, nashville, robertfkennedy, sherylcrow

Nashville is "Music City", the home of country music -- but the heart and soul of this celebrated American musical genre lies a few hundred miles east in the Appalachian Mountains.  Yes indeed, Appalachia is where country music was born.  And more...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

Tags:
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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