Tag: coal
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Willie Nelson Joins Fight to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Country music legend Willie Nelson is joining the fight in Congress to protect Appalachian communities from the impacts of the devastating mining practice of mountaintop removal. In a new music video that depicts dynamiting operations in Appalachia and their ruinous consequences, the American icon sings “America the Beautiful” to highlight opposition to giving coal companies free rein…
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Why Investing in Aging Coal Plants is a Losing Bet
This entry is the first of a two-part follow up to the blog Long wrote last fall. This first entry focuses on the national story, the next entry will focus on coal in the west. Across the U.S., economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at the expense of dirty coal energy. As the price of solar…
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Supreme Court Rejects Coal Industry Lawsuit, Defends EPA Veto of Mountaintop Removal Mine
Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied the coal mining industry’s request to hear a case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for vetoing part of a permit for one of the largest and most harmful mountaintop removal coal mines in West Virginia’s history, the Spruce No. 1 mine. By declining to take the case the…
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First-Ever Book Educating Children About Dangers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Saro Lynch-Thomason’s new book Lone Mountain is an illustrated children’s story book created to educate youth about the devastating impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining. Set in central Appalachia, this 32-page book presents beautifully illustrated full color pages that focuses on Appalachia’s rich cultural and natural heritage while raising awareness about the threats of mountaintop removal. [blackoutgallery…
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Why Energy Companies’ Predictions on Carbon Limits Shouldn’t Be Trusted
The Center for American Progress (CAP) has about 40 years worth of evidence to prove why coal and utility companies’ predictions on carbon limits should be taken with a grain of salt. To analysts there, energy companies and their advocates have engaged in their own version of Groundhog’s Day for decades. [caption id="attachment_327546" align="alignnone" width="500"]…