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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Dirtiest Power Plants Named!
July 27th was a dirty day for Big Coal in North Carolina. The Environmental Integrity Project’s report ranked North Carolina among the “dirtiest dozen” states for air pollution from coal-fired power plants and pinned three plants in North Carolina as…
Chestnuts Spreading Once Again!
No ecosystem scarred by mountaintop removal will ever retain its original beauty or bio-diversity. Reclamation is generally a joke. And not a single inch of Appalachia should ever be subject to the shame of being strip-mined. However, scientists and foresters…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am the wife of a recently disabled coal miner, and offer my opinion on the (Clean Coal) campaign. Coal is filthy, and in more ways than one. I was insulted when (West Virginia) allowed the workers’ compensation…
Citigroup Cuts Coal Ratings
Two days ago, Citibank downgraded coal stocks “across the board” pointing in significant respects to the industry’s failure to produce timely responses to climate stabilization policy imperatives by, for example, delaying advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and perpetuating its…
Pine Beetles Causing Scare
A mild winter and recent drought throughout the southeast have made our forests subject to some of the smallest, most destructive of insects. Timber owners in Alabama and Georgia have already noticed widespread southern pine beetle infestations throughout pine stands.…
Southeastern Convergence for Climate Action
Throughout the week of August 8-14, Rising Tide North America, in collaboration with Energy Justice Summer, Southern Energy Network, and the Nuclear Information Resource Service, will host a Southeast Convergence for Climate Action near Asheville, North Carolina. The Convergence for…
Dirty Work: Life and death in Appalachia’s coal country
Last month Reader’s Digest published “Dirty Work,” a follow-up on the dangers that still exist for West Virginia coal miners even after the deaths of twelve men in a mine explosion in Sago, West Virginia last year. The article exposes…
