Monthly Archives: August 2007

Upcoming Events at Turtle Island Preserve with Eustace Conway

Tipi Workshop, Saturday September 22, 2007 Learn by Doing! We will follow expert guide Eustace Conway in setting up several tipis from the ground up. This workshop is a one-day event all about learning how to set up and take

Presidential Candidates Coming Around on MTR

Barack Obama recently spoke on mountaintop removal during a speech in Lexington, Kentucky. He said the country also needs a forward-thinking energy policy, and he alluded to his disapproval of the coal mining process of mountaintop removal. “We’re tearing up

Two New Books Out on Mountaintop Removal

Two New Books on Mountaintop Removal Want to learn more about mountaintop removal? Check out these two new books: Now available: Moving Mountains by Penny Loeb. “Loeb compassionately chronicles 10 years of grassroots efforts by citizens of southern West Virginia

SC Forestry Commision: More wildfires than usual this month

SC Forestry Commission: More wildfires than usual this month COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – August has been an unusually fiery month, according to experts at the South Carolina Forestry Commission. The state agency is charged with fighting wildfires throughout the state.

Steady loss of hemlock trees could devestate ecosystem

Steady loss of hemlock trees could devastate ecosystem OTTO — Chelcy Ford looked up into the early afternoon sunshine and pointed to the naked, brown branches of the hemlock trees surrounding her. The bare-limbed evergreens are a familiar sight here

Larry Gibson featured on CNN’s Heroes

Larry Gibson, who has worked tirelessly to show the damage of Mountaintop Removal coal mining to the world was featured on CNN’s Heroes: Larry Gibson- Defending the Planet. The segment was aired on August 14, August 16 and August 19.

New York Times Editorial: Ravaging Appalachia

Ravaging Appalachia Give the Bush administration credit for persistence. It just won’t let a bad idea die. On Friday, the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining proposed new regulations that it hopes will permanently legalize mountaintop mining — a cheap,

Environmental Groups Respond to Bush’s New Rule to Ease Legal Limits on MTR

August 22, 2007 Contact: Cindy Rank, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (304) 924-5802 Dianne Bady, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (740) 886-5796 Vernon Haltom, Coal River Mountain Watch (304) 854-2182 Jared Saylor, Earthjustice (202) 667-4500 Jim Hecker, Public Justice (202) 797-8600 Ed

New Rule to Expand Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 — The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation on Friday that would enshrine the coal mining practice of mountaintop removal. The technique involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys

Canary Coalition Offers Critique and Solutions for Fixing NC’s Fatally Flawed Renewables Bill

Last week, the North Carolina General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an underwhelming, potentially disastrous Renewables and Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS). REPS legislation requires utilities to provide a certain percentage of its power from “renewable” sources. The North Carolina REPS calls for

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