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This is a really beautiful letter from Bo Webb to Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Dear Sen. Byrd: Restoring mountains could be your greatest legacy Dear Sen. Byrd, I write you today as a grandfather, and as a deep admirer of your inimitable contribution to our beloved state of West Virginia. As the son…

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Mountaintop removal mining has DEFINITELY been in the public eye this past week. If you haven’t heard the news, check fellow blogger Ken Ward Jr.’s wrap-up of media coverage of the EPA decision to further review three mountaintop removal mining permits, Appalachian Voices’ Director of Programs Matthew Wasson’s analysis of the “blow-back” from mining interests,…

March 26th, 2009 – The following email was sent to the 35,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here.  Sen. Alexander      Sen. Cardin Now we’ve got momentum — and we need you to act. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was reviewing hundreds of mountaintop removal coal mining…

CONTACT: Donna Marie Lisenby, Upper Watauga Riverkeeper 828-262-1500 – PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Watauga Riverkeeper and Earth Fare Partner for Environmental Awareness! Boone, N.C., March 12, 2009 – On March 28th, Riverkeepers and natural foods leader Earth Fare, will hold a “Spring Fever” event at its Boone location. The activities of the day…

On Coal River Trailer from On Coal River on Vimeo “At the heart of America’s hope for a “clean coal” future lies the decimation of West Virginia’s richest landscapes. More profound still is the heavy toll on human lives playing out just beneath the surface. Armed with the power of their convictions, four individuals emerge…

Tuesday morning, folks heading into Nashville, TN were greeted by a giant electronic billboard against the skyline of downtown that said “Only God Should Move Mountains.” The creators of the large message turned out to be the small but mighty Christian-based environmental group LEAF, based in Knoxville, TN, with help from environmental movers and shakers…

This past Monday, President Obama shared more of his thoughts on mountaintop removal coal mining. Its a sign of good things to come! JIM CARROLL: There has been decades of dispute in eastern Kentucky and other parts of Appalachia about removing — mountaintop removal, they call it; some people just call it strip mining. Do…

Today, President Obama took a dramatic step to reverse the Bush Administration’s policies on mountaintop removal coal mining that have led to the destruction of hundreds of Appalachian Mountains and the burying of hundreds of miles of headwater streams over the past eight years. This afternoon, Lisa Jackson, Obama’s head of the EPA, announced a…

Today the Associated Press broke the news that the EPA is putting hundreds of mountaintop removal coal mining permits on hold until it can evaluate the projects’ ecological impacts. We thought you would would be interested in the reaction from Appalachia, including people who are working to stop mountaintop removal coal mining and individuals who…