Monthly Archives: June 2007

TAKE PART IN MANAGING THE PISGAH NATIONAL FORESTS

Riceville, NC – Now folks can leave their mark on the Pisgah National Forest without having to lace up their boots. A new online survey invites forest users to weigh in on a recent Forest Service proposal in the Shope

New York Times reports on results of coal mining study

Science Panel Finds Fault With Estimates of Coal Supply By Matthew L. Wald WASHINGTON, June 20 — The United States may not have nearly as much coal as is popularly believed, and mining the remaining resources may be more dangerous

Jeff Goodell on NPR’s Fresh Air

Yesterday, Jeff Goodell was on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross discussing his book, Big Coal. Jeff Goodell is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine. His analysis of the power

If you love mountains, email your congressperson now!

We’re making progress toward stopping mountaintop removal coal mining, but we need to ensure that Congress does not pass a bad energy bill that would increase America’s consumption of dirty coal. And right now, Congress is doing just that as

Roanoke Times editorials express distress about subsidies for coal-to-liquid

No sound way to turn coal into liquid gold By Marquita K. Hill I am beyond disappointed in Rep. Rick Boucher’s total embrace of the coal industry (June 5 editorial, “Billion-dollar boondoggle”). Coal-to-liquid oil technology is expensive and harmful to

Mine ponds ruled illegal – Judge deals second blow to coal industry by United States District Court

Mine ponds ruled illegal – Judge deals second blow to coal industry by United States District Court – By Ken Ward Jr. Richmond, VA – Coal operators cannot evade the Clean Water Act by building sediment-treatment ponds just downstream from

“National Memorial for the Mountains” Featured Prominently in USA Today

In a process called mountaintop removal, the coal-mining industry blows off the tops of mountains with explosives to get at coal faster and cheaper, she said. As a result, surrounding areas are buried by pollution and waste, streams dry up

Environmental Groups Ask UN to Oppose Appalachian Coal Mining Practices

By Carley Petesch United Nations – A coalition of environmental groups called on the United Nations May 9 to take a stand against ecologically destructive coal mining practices in the Appalachians region of the U.S., saying that the federal and

Protecting the land

U.S. Forest Service chief visits Valdosta [Georgia] One traditionally doesn’t think of conservationists and foresters as having common interests, but as the pressures mount on both government and private landowners to develop and sell off natural resources once thought to

Short Term Solution Means Long Term Fix for Appalachia: part III

Part 1 Part 2 But what about the Navajo, Hopi and Crow? Peabody destroyed the Black Mesa, a sacred place of worship for Native Americans in Northern Arizona. And the Washington Group uses Crow labor in the Absaloka mines of

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