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This is the Kentucky and Virginia border at Wise County. On the Kentucky side, you’re looking at an area that is currently protected. On the Virginia side, you are looking at a County (Wise County) where 25% of all the land has been strip-mined.

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By Josh Tulkin, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Last night in St. Paul, VA — ground zero for Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed Wise County coal plant — over 100 citizens raised their voices to question members of the Department of Environmental Quality. Residents raised a variety of concerns. The hearing was organized for DEQ to get…

We are pleased to announce that due to the unprecedented work of 100s and 1000s of people across the country, the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 2169) to fight mountaintop reomval has reached another important milestone. With the addition of Robert Andrews from New Jersey’s first district, all previous co-sponsors from the 109th Congress have…

Dear Friend, The word is getting out about the true cost of mountaintop removal coal mining. In the two weeks since we launched the My Connection webtool and campaign, more than a thousand new people have signed up to iLoveMountains.org — in large part because of your efforts to help spread the word. MyConnection has…

Kentucky made headlines this week, when the great Gooch! (Rep. Jim Gooch) – Chairman of Kentucky’s House Natural Resources and Environment Committee – held a hearing challenging the validity of global warming. Its been noted that Gooch has been friendly to coal interests for years. Yesterday, Gooch denied any suggestion that he favors coal interests…

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