Posts Tagged ‘West Virginia’
Guest Blogger: Chuck Keeney – What’s next for Blair Mountain
Cross posted from iLoveMountains.org C. Belmont Keeney, or Chuck as most people know him, has a Ph.D. in Appalachian and American History from West Virginia University. His great grandfather, Frank Keeney, was president of the United Mine Workers of America and helped organized the Miners March in 1921. Chuck was one of the principle organizers…
Read MoreBreaking: New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Additional Cancer Cases
by Jeff Biggers, cross posted from Alternet.org Among the 1.2 million American citizens living in mountaintop removal mining counties in central Appalachia, an additional 60,000 cases of cancer are directly linked to the federally sanctioned strip-mining practice. That is the damning conclusion in a breakthrough study, released last night in the peer-reviewed Journal of Community…
Read MoreMassey Energy Gets to Continue Business-As-Usual While Tim DeChristopher Gets Two Years in Prison
Please join Appalachian Voices, Free Speech for People and Rainforest Action Network in asking that Massey Energy’s corporate charter be revoked True community exists when neighbors respect each other. Good neighbors are mindful of the impacts that their actions have on the whole. When a powerful neighbor, like a corporation, does not respect their neighbors,…
Read More[VIDEO EXTRA]: Jimmy Weekley, Paul Corbit Brown, and Blair Mountain
Expect the President to Veto H.R. 2018 – Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 July 12, 2011 (House Rules) STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY H.R. 2018 – Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act (Rep. Mica, R-FL, and 39 cosponsors) The Administration strongly opposes H.R 2018 because it would significantly undermine the Clean Water Act (CWA) and could adversely…
Read More1,000 Rednecks Marched on Blair Mountain!
The following email was sent to the 51,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Just a few weeks ago citizens of Blair, WV climbed to the crest of Blair Mountain with over 1,000 new allies. Movement leaders from surrounding states, union workers, students, archaeologists, activists, and friends from…
Read MoreAttorney General, Delaware Courts Asked To Revoke Massey Energy’s Corporate Charter
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Read MoreFixing What Has Been Destroyed
By Mike Alilionis Mountaintop Removal Campaign intern, Fall 2010 This past weekend, activists gathered on Kayford Mountain in West Virginia – home of Larry Gibson, keeper of the mountains. Larry, as well as activists from Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero hosted the Mountain Justice Fall Summit – a weekend of education, training, and momentum…
Read MoreA Century of People Step Out to Support Blair Mountain
Over 100 people gathered to rally in support of Blair Mountain this past Labor Day weekend. Blair Mountain is the site of the famous battle waged by coal miners in 1921 to unionize in support of better conditions in the coalfields. It is the location of what is considered the largest civil uprising in the…
Read MoreODEC Delays Coal Plant Proposal, Wise Energy Coalition Calls on ODEC to Withdraw
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments MEDIA RELEASE www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org September 8, 2010 Appalachian Voices Tom Cormons (301) 910-8973 Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter Glen Besa (804) 387-6001 Chesapeake Climate Action Network Lauren Glickman (804) 335-0915 Southern Environmental Law Center Cale Jaffe (434) 760-0816 Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition calls on ODEC to permanently withdraw delayed coal…
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