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July 7, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- appalachiarestorationact, arch, dirtycoal, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, scenicvistasprotectionact, tennessee
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→
March 9, 2009
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- cleanwaterprotectionact, dirtycoal, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, scenicvistasprotectionact, tennessee
I can feel the momentum shifting in the fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining. Last week, bi-partisan legislation to help halt mountaintop mining was introduced in Congress. The Clean Water Protection Act (CWPA), a bill that would prevent coal companies from legally dumpining...continued→
