EPA HQ will withhold 79 MTR valleyfill permits, sending them back to EPA regional offices Today, EPA announced that they will be withholding 79 mountaintop removal and valleyfill permits for further review. More info and action tools forthcoming… EPA goes…

We Will ask the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to Reject his Nomination Next Tuesday at 2:30 the Senate Energy Committee will consider the nominiation of Joe Pizarchik to head the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement. Appalachian…

This in from Climate Ground Zero Early this morning 81 year old Roland Micklem, a former United States Army Paratrooper and Christian advocate for the mountains led a blockade of Massey Energy’s Regional head quarters. Roland, along with James McGuinness…

From Ken Ward Jr. and his Coal Tattoo blog: Late last week — just before the Labor Day holiday — the Obama administration EPA issued a mountaintop removal bombshell: A major letter that blasts a whole host of problems with…

For Immediate Release: August 27th, 2009 Contacts: Adam Wells, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, 276.523.4380, 804 240 4372 Oliver Bernstein, Sierra Club, 512.477.2152 Temporary Reprieve for Virginia Residents, Mountains Amid Growing Community and Environmental Concerns, DMME to Request More Information on…

Building on Jeff Biggers’ message … Happy labor day everyone. This day carries special significance in Appalachia, particularly for our coal miners. We look at it with special attention today as, Don Blankenship, Ted Nugent, Sean Hannity and several far-right…

Proudly Sponsored by Verizon Wireless … WARNING: This video of Ted Nugent may be a little too American for the workplace, and definitely contains too much “freedom” for children. Mr. Nugent has some choice words regarding his machine guns and…