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Economics of Strip Mining

Chris Irwin at United Mountain Defense just delivered…

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Loggers use a primitive kind of pull

[Kentucky] Some timber-cutters in Kentucky are reviving an…

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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future (by Jeff Goodell)

Jeff Goodell’s Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind…

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The Ballad of Blankey Crackett

THE BALLAD OF BLANKEY CRACKETT Words by P….

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Massey Operations Cited Twice for Flooding and Mudslides

(Now say that five times fast…we don’t get…

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