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Mountaintop Mining in Virginia's Blue Ridge?

August 27, 2009

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

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dirtycoal, kathyselvage, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, SAMS, virginia

The state motto is "Virginia is for Lovers", and Virginians sure love their mountains.  Think about what might happen if a coal company proposed to blow up peaks in the beloved Blue Ridge range?  No way, no how -- there would be...continued

When 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Leads to 'Spill, Baby, Spill'

October 7, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
california, cleanenergy, florida, gasprices, gulfcoast, hurricanes, hurricane_ike, newjersey, offshoredrilling, oildrilling, virginia

Last week I wrote about how Congress allowed the 26-year-old federal offshore drilling moratorium to expire, but I noted that the issue is not a done deal. Lo and behold, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), chair of the House Natural Resources...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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