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Protesters square dance to make their point - State-Journal.com

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:34 GMT

Protesters square dance to make their point
State-Journal.com
Sophie Dufour, 5, left and Sarah Hunt, 4, hold signs in the Capitol Rotunda Thursday to protest against mountaintop removal, as Trina Peiffer, right, acts as a person sick from water polluted by mountaintop removal mining. About 30 people participated ...

Arch says mining not imminent at Blair - Charleston Gazette (blog)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:09:42 GMT

Arch says mining not imminent at Blair
Charleston Gazette (blog)
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Is Arch Coal About to Mine Historic Blair Mountain?eNews Park Forest

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If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal. Right? - Huffington Post

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:40:03 GMT

If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal. Right?
Huffington Post
We need to call on President Obama to commit to an immediate moratorium on all mountaintop removal mining operations until the federal government can effectively mitigate a spiraling humanitarian crisis. To be sure, central Appalachia has not cornered ...

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Rocky Top(less): Environmentalists Ask for Haslam's Help to Stop Mountaintop ... - Nashville Scene

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:28:10 GMT

Rocky Top(less): Environmentalists Ask for Haslam's Help to Stop Mountaintop ...
Nashville Scene
I'm not in favor of mountaintop removal, OK? I'm not. But I'm also not willing to say that we're not going to mine coal in Tennessee anymore. Tennessee environmentalists say that statement by Bill Haslam at a 2010 campaign debate means he's against ...

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Protesters rally against mountaintop mining - WDRB

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:21:38 GMT

Protesters rally against mountaintop mining
WDRB
(WDRB) -- Protesters frustrated by the lack of action in Frankfort to stop mountaintop removal gathered in the state Capitol Rotunda Thursday. They protested the devastation they claim is caused by the removal of coal from the tops of mountains in ...

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Is Arch Coal About to Mine Historic Blair Mountain? - It's Getting Hot In Here

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:26:39 GMT

It's Getting Hot In Here

Is Arch Coal About to Mine Historic Blair Mountain?
It's Getting Hot In Here
“In the late 1990s, Arch Coal came through and destroyed much of Blair with one mountaintop removal mining operation. The town went from about 700 people to about 90 today. Mountain top removal poisons the drinking water, destroys communities and makes ...
What's going on at Blair Mountain?Charleston Gazette (blog)

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Accused tree sitter pleads no contest - Beckley Register-Herald

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:10:19 GMT

Accused tree sitter pleads no contest
Beckley Register-Herald
s Bee Tree Surface Mine in August 2011 to protest the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. Marfork Coal is a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources. Conspiracy charges against MacDougal were dropped, and she was remanded to the Southern Regional ...

EPA questions W.Va. mountaintop removal mine plan - CanadianBusiness.com

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:25:47 GMT

Charleston Gazette

EPA questions W.Va. mountaintop removal mine plan
CanadianBusiness.com
(AP) — Federal regulators are objecting to a proposed state permit for a mountaintop removal mine that Consol Energy wants to open in southern West Virginia. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/wRycFh) reports that the Environmental Protection ...
EPA pushes to reduce Mingo mine's impactsCharleston Gazette

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PNC meets with students over mountaintop removal lending - Newsworks.org

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:15:15 GMT

The Daily Pennsylvanian

PNC meets with students over mountaintop removal lending
Newsworks.org
By Emma Jacobs Executives from PNC Bank met with students from Temple and the University of Pennsylvania Monday afternoon to talk about mountaintop removal. The students and other environmental activists want the bank to stop lending to coal-mining ...
PNC talks policy with student protestersThe Daily Pennsylvanian

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Study Finds Surface and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Degrades Water Quality - Between The Lines

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:59:14 GMT

Between The Lines

Study Finds Surface and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Degrades Water Quality
Between The Lines
In December, an article appeared in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that exposes the impact of surface and mountaintop removal coal mining on water quality downstream of mining sites. The study reveals that the problem ...