Monthly Archives: September 2008

Mountain Monday: The Legacy of Labor and Blair Mountain, WV

In 2008, the United States stand to lose Blair Mountain,WV. Our loss may very well be at the hands of our own coal companies that want to see this special place turned into a mountaintop removal mining site. But before

Mountain Monday: Moving on from Mountaintop Removal (the good news)

There have been some remarkable happenings in the last two weeks in the fight against mountaintop removal. For the first time EVER, both major Presidential candidates are publicly against mountaintop removal coal-mining. Last week at a town hall meeting in

McCain supports end to Mountaintop Removal Mining

Protesters Demand Clean Energy

Protesters From Across the Country Join Wise County VA Residents to Oppose Power Plant’s Impact on Environment and Health, and to Demand a Clean Energy Future Wise County, VA — At 6:00am this morning around 50 peaceful protesters entered the

Great News From the Coal River Mountain Wind Team!

From Rory McIlMoil: Hey folks, We wanted to let you know that Coal River Mountain has survived another day! Due to the fact that Massey coal company had not obtained the required permits, they were prevented from starting the blasting

Coal River Mountain Battle Picks up Steam

Bees, Trees, Wind and Dynamite by Kevin Grandia over at Huffington Post There’s a showdown in West Virginia today pitting old dirty energy against renewables — and one side is armed with explosives. Can Massey Break the Law with Impunity

Mountain Monday: The Cure for Coal

We’ve reached a cross-roads in Appalachia. We can choose between the economically and environmentally destructive resource of coal, or clean, green, economically invigorating industrial wind power. Right now there is a battle going on at Coal River Mountain to decide

Kanawah State Forest

By Joe Tennis All of a sudden, we saw a snake, lounging in the cool, rocky waters of a creek in the Kanawha State Forest. It was a little snake, about a foot long. Yet I couldn’t tell what kind

Mary Anne at Tides’ “Momentum 2008” Conference

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