Senators Rockefeller, Harkin, Murray, and Manchin Introduce Legislation to Improve Working Conditions and Safety for Coal Miners 2010 will long be remembered for the horrific disaster at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine, after an explosion killed 29 men and…

Joel Pett nails it:

[UPDATE: With the benefit of a little more time to reflect and with the help of a few angels on my shoulder, I’ve come to realize that my criticism of Tim Huber was over the top. While I believe that…

Many folks have asked what we thought of President Obama’s speech this evening. In particular, this section: Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they’re selling.…

Great Segment, but NYT Reporter Matthew Wald Gets a Few Things Wrong The Rachel Maddow show has been great about covering some of the media circus the coal industry has caused in Appalachia ove the last few years. From the…

Or, How I Started Worrying when I Learned that Joe Manchin Doesn’t Know What he is Talking About We will start today’s post with a simple hypothesis. Mountaintop removal means FEWER mining jobs for Appalachia. We will go into the…

In the wake of EPA’s veto last week of the largest mountaintop removal mine permit ever proposed in West Virginia, the grandstanding of West Virginia politicians and “sky is falling” rhetoric from the coal industry was not surprising. Every effort…

Appalachian Voices and Restoring Eden have partnered for an exciting concert tour this winter to bring together music, faith, and social activism to build the campaign to end mountaintop removal. The We Love Mountains tour will be headlined by Dewi…