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Maria Gunnoe Testifies Before Congress: The Fact Is Mountaintop Removal Is ... - AlterNet (blog)

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:21:42 GMT

Maria Gunnoe Testifies Before Congress: The Fact Is Mountaintop Removal Is ...
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In a heroic effort to overcome the theatrics of a Congressional hearing gone wild on Big Coal slogans and anti-EPA fervor, Goldman Prize-winning activist Marie Gunnoe brought the deadly and costly realities of mountaintop removal mining in the central ...
WV Resident Testifies at Oversight Hearing on Mountaintop RemovalHNN Huntingtonnews.net
W.Va. activist among those testifying about mountaintop removal mining before ...The Republic
Impact of Mountaintop Mining on Public HealthAmerican Rivers (blog)

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Mountain Heroes, Supported by Celebrities and the Public, Join Earthjustice ... - eNews Park Forest

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:17:15 GMT

Mountain Heroes, Supported by Celebrities and the Public, Join Earthjustice ...
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Yesterday Earthjustice launched its new Mountain Heroes website and biggest-ever public campaign to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. The Mountain Heroes campaign features stories from the Appalachian frontlines of the movement to stop our nation's ...

US House, Witnesses Clash over Spruce Mine Permit - WVNS-TV

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:09:58 GMT

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US House, Witnesses Clash over Spruce Mine Permit
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Since being issued the largest permit for a mountaintop removal project in history, Arch Coal has seen permit revocation, overturning of that revocation and now it awaits results of an appeal of that federal decision to overturn revocation of the ...
Gunnoe testifies at Spruce No. 1 mine hearing in DCWest Virginia Public Broadcasting
EPA skips latest 'war on coal' hearingCharleston Gazette
Committee Examines EPA Handling of West Virginia Mine PermitC-SPAN

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Valley Girl: Appalachia's Future Poet Laureate Takes on Mountaintop Removal - Huffington Post

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:30:22 GMT

Valley Girl: Appalachia's Future Poet Laureate Takes on Mountaintop Removal
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Capturing the conflicts and ambitions of a generation seemingly adrift and deeply rooted at the same time, Good unflinchingly casts her poetic spell on the "quantum phases" of "things that matter" in her native West Virginia, from mountaintop removal ...

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Quaker group takes on PNC Bank - phillyBurbs.com

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:48:16 GMT

Quaker group takes on PNC Bank
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Berry was among an unknown number of people who began closing their PNC Bank accounts Friday to protest the Pittsburgh-based bank's lending to companies that perform mountaintop removal coal mining, a controversial form of mining in which the tops of ...

Mountaintop removal protest - Charleston Gazette

Mon, 28 May 2012 22:16:52 GMT

Mountaintop removal protest
Charleston Gazette
Leza Greenwald, of Athens, Mercer County, gets her head shaved on the State Capitol steps Monday with several other woman and men protesting mountaintop removal coal mining. The group sheared their locks "to represent the stripping of our heritage, ...

Group Files to Protect Crayfish from MTR - WVNS-TV

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:32:37 GMT

Group Files to Protect Crayfish from MTR
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The Center for Biological Diversity, a group dedicated to preserving the "intrinsic value" of biodiversity, filed a lawsuit aimed to protect crayfish from mountaintop removal mining in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. The soft, tearful sound of ...

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"Rape of the Appalachians" Turns 50: What Would Harry Caudill Do Today? - Huffington Post

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:36:18 GMT

"Rape of the Appalachians" Turns 50: What Would Harry Caudill Do Today?
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In a dramatic act to symbolize the mounting health and human crises -- including higher risks of birth defects and cancer -- in communities affected by mountaintop removal, Mullens and others shaved their heads. "The coal companies come in and take ...

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May boosts WV budget surplus, but shy of $100M for FY - State Journal

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:19:21 GMT

May boosts WV budget surplus, but shy of $100M for FY
State Journal
A longtime West Virginia activist is testifying before Congress about mountaintop removal coal mining. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, first lady Joanne Tomblin and nine others are meeting with both current and potential investors in an effort to draw more ...

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Mountain Mourning: Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop ... - Huffington Post

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:17:35 GMT

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Mountain Mourning: Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop ...
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Earl Ray Tomblin, often cry that President Obama has carried out a war on coal in central Appalachian states, the truth is that coal mining jobs have actually increased to ranks not seen since 1993, and mountaintop removal operations have not slowed to ...
Mountaintop Removal Protest Planned for Memorial DayWVNS-TV
Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal: Interview ...AlterNet (blog)

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