Tag: Mountaintop Removal
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Two Courtroom Victories in the Fight Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
APPALACHIAN VOICES — In the past two days, two major court rulings have underscored the need for increased scrutiny from the federal agency responsible for evaluating environmental impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining …
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Stripmining Black History Month
JEFF BIGGERS — As schools, communities and politicians across the country celebrate Black History Month in February, they will be remiss if their lessons don’t include the coal fields of Fayette County, West Virginia. There, in the 1890s, a teenage African American …
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The Biggest No-Brainer Bill of the Year—Moratorium on Mountaintop Removal
JEFF BIGGERS — “Every American has a right to live and work in a community free from environmental health risks. And it is our duty to ensure that this right is not infringed upon by industries that consider community health and environmental protection to be less important than their profit margins …
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Students to Colleges: Take Our Money Out of Dirty Energy
YES! — Over the last six months, students in the U.S. have launched a new strategy to change the national conversation on climate change and shift political power away from the fossil fuel industry …