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Arrest made in mountaintop removal protest near Alpha headquaters - TriCities.com

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:37 GMT

Arrest made in mountaintop removal protest near Alpha headquaters
TriCities.com
They were protesting Alpha's use of mountaintop removal mining and coal slurry impoundments. Members of activist groups Mountain Justice and Radical Action for Mountain Peoples' Survival participated. Five people were charged with obstruction of ...
Protesters arrested at coal firm Alpha's HQ in VaWashington Observer Reporter
Protestors at Alpha Natural Resources headquartersWCYB

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Mountaintop removal protestors arrested in downtown Knoxville - WBIR-TV

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:48:05 GMT

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Mountaintop removal protestors arrested in downtown Knoxville
WBIR-TV
The three used logging chains and bicycle locks to lock themselves together, and the teen wore a large mask that depicted an investment banker. They said the move was in protest of UBS's funding of projects that involve mountaintop removal coal mining.

Local group wants GRU to stop buying mountaintop-removal coal - The Independent Florida Alligator

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:43:12 GMT

Local group wants GRU to stop buying mountaintop-removal coal
The Independent Florida Alligator
After more than two years of local and national advocacy, the Gainesville Loves Mountains organization has taken the next step in an attempt to end Gainesville Regional Utilities' purchase of mountaintop-removal coal. The organization proposed an ...

Environmental groups sue government over mountaintop removal coal mining - The Tennessean

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:50:37 GMT

Environmental groups sue government over mountaintop removal coal mining
The Tennessean
Coal companies have in recent years turned with greater frequency to mountaintop removal instead of underground mining, drawing the concerns of environmental groups who say the removed earth dumped into nearby waterways is environmentally ...

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Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining - Treehugger (blog)

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:57:13 GMT

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Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining
Treehugger (blog)
This victory came as many residents from across the Appalachian region were in Washington, D.C., this week to demand that Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency stop mountaintop removal coal mining. They spoke with their members of ...
Carrying water for an end to mountaintop removalFacing South
Appalachian Families Denied Clean Water Travel to Washington to Demand ...Grist

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In Huge Win On Mountaintop Removal With Big Implications, Court Upholds EPA ... - ThinkProgress

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:06:13 GMT

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In Huge Win On Mountaintop Removal With Big Implications, Court Upholds EPA ...
ThinkProgress
An important court decision yesterday on mountaintop removal mining for coal has significant ramifications for future decisions. Yesterday's ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to ...
A turning point for mountaintop removal?Facing South
Mountaintop Removal Mining Gets Big BlowSustainableBusiness.com
Federal court backs EPA regulation of mountaintop removalCoalGuru.com
unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) -Parkersburg News -Wetzel Chronicle
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Enviros Sue To Block Tenn. Mountaintop-Removal Projects - Law360 (subscription)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:45:59 GMT

Enviros Sue To Block Tenn. Mountaintop-Removal Projects
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (May 17, 2013, 2:44 PM ET) -- Environmental groups including the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Interior Department in Tennessee federal court on Thursday, claiming the agency approved two mountaintop-removal coal mining projects in the ...

The New Mountaintop Removal - CounterPunch

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:10:34 GMT

The New Mountaintop Removal
CounterPunch
In order to extract the frac sand, mining corporations have adopted a method of newfangled mountaintop removal of sorts, blasting away entire hills laced with this frac sand to access this new “prize.” While devastating the landscape, it's justified by ...

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UN human rights group calls for investigation of mountaintop removal mining in ... - Facing South

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:15:20 GMT

UN human rights group calls for investigation of mountaintop removal mining in ...
Facing South
After visiting West Virginia communities affected by mountaintop removal coal mining, the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights is calling for an investigation into allegations of human rights abuses related to the practice, in ...

David Cooper ends his Mountaintop Removal Road Show - The Courier-Journal (blog)

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:33:08 GMT

David Cooper ends his Mountaintop Removal Road Show
The Courier-Journal (blog)
In the spirit of Al Gore's climate change slide show that inspired the movie “An Inconvenient Truth,” or Bill McKibben's Do the Math Climate Change Road Show, Lexington resident David Cooper has been going around the country, talking to groups about ...
Students Organize Mountaintop Removal Awareness FestivalWesleyan Argus

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