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    The Blair Mountain Coal Mining Controversy Hits CNN

    AUGUST 15, 2011 11:44AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: blair mountain, mountaintop removal, strip mines, coal mining

    • 0 Ratings
    • 148 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Savoring Meditation #139: Saving the Clean Water Act

    JULY 13, 2011 11:48PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: belief/religion, economy, business, massey energy, children, grandchildren, us chamber of commerce, farm bureau, democrats, republicans, senate, congress, hb 2018, clean air act, clean water act, president nixon, president obama, mountaintop removal, west virginia, pennsylvania, pollution, state line, rivers on fireenvironment, family, food/drink, health, photography, politics, science

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1674 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Movement to End Mountaintop Removal Raises Hell in D.C.

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 1:25PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: corporations, west virginia, mtr, mountaintop removal, change, president obama, obama, jobs, clean energy, energy, coal, activism, enthusiasm gap, voting, elections, reporting the midterms, news, politics, environment, environmental

    • 0 Ratings
    • 185 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy: SC-05

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 4:23PM

    By NRDC Action Fund


    Topics: green news, south carolina, nrdc action fund, mountaintop removal, mick mulvaney, league of conservation voters, john spratt, climate change, clean energy, american clean energy and security act

    • 0 Ratings
    • 126 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Facts Vs. The Earth

    JULY 13, 2010 4:27PM

    By Reverend Billy Talen


    Topics: appalachia, sweatshops, mountaintop removal, politics, economy, environment, consumerism

    • 0 Ratings
    • 126 Views
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    What I Learned in Detroit

    JUNE 28, 2010 3:20PM

    By Reverend Billy Talen


    Topics: mountaintop removal, detroit, organic farming, organic food, commons, us social forum

    • 1 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    It's time for a new industrial revolution in America

    MAY 2, 2010 10:42PM

    By tmullins


    Topics: virginia, 3rd world appalachia, environment, electricity, energy, clean coal, boucher, wise county, wise county virginia, fox news, appalachia, mountaintop removal

    • 0 Ratings
    • 378 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Weekly Mulch: Massey Energy coal costs the environment

    APRIL 9, 2010 11:32AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: yes! magazine, west virginia mine, washington independent, u.s. chamber of commerce, the washington monthly, steve benen, safety violations, nick baumann, mountaintop removal, mother jones, mike lillis, methane capture, methane, massey energy, kevin connor, don blackenship, david o. williams, colorado independent, coal, clara bingham, carbon pollution, bureau of land management, brooke jarvis, andy kroll, alternet

    • 0 Ratings
    • 151 Views
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    Weekly Audit: Congress to take up financial reform, but will

    APRIL 6, 2010 12:00PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: wall street reform, wall street bailouts, wall street, unemployment rate, unemployment, too big to fail, the nation, tbtf, tarp, steve benen, simon johnson, occ, noam chomsky, mountaintop removal, mother jones, margaret dorfman, jpmorgan chase, jpmorgan, jobs, in these times, financial reform, federal reserve, economy, christopher hayes, chase, cfpa, bank bailouts, bank bailout, bailouts, andy kroll, american forum, alternet

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1028 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    In the Face of King Coal, Tree Sitters Triumph

    FEBRUARY 3, 2010 11:52AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: environment, human rights, people, activism, news, politics, obama, appalachia, west virginia, coal, clean coal, mtr, mountaintop removal

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1709 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    It's Happening Now: The 2nd Battle of Blair Mountain

    JANUARY 31, 2010 12:46PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: mountaintop removal, coal war, coal mining, preservation, history, blair mountain

    • 15 Ratings
    • 1903 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The US Government Sanctioned Murder of US Citizens

    AUGUST 20, 2009 4:31AM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: teco, tampa energy company, mcroberts kentucky, coal, mountaintop removal, 14th amendment, jack spadaro, george bush, mitch mcconnell, msha, mountains, appalachian mountains, flooding

    • 15 Ratings
    • 1393 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    TECO and the 'Appalachian Apocalypse' Pt. 1

    AUGUST 17, 2009 10:48AM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: mcroberts, kentucky, teco, tampa energy company, choppin' block holler, mountaintop removal, flooding, hundred year floods, overburden, devastation, appalachian mountains, pine mountain, toxic sludge, mucking

    • 21 Ratings
    • 838 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Appalachian Voices: My Own

    JULY 21, 2009 1:11AM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: mountain man, voice, mountaintop removal, justice, mountains

    • 1 Ratings
    • 371 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Lady was Raped for money & our comfort!

    JULY 15, 2009 9:54PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: business, news, politics, technology, greed, coal, environment, electricity, mountains, mountaintop removal

    • 6 Ratings
    • 2378 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    These kids' drawings speak for themselves...

    JULY 14, 2009 6:14PM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: save the mountains, pollution, mountaintop removal

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1898 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    They're All a Bunch of Crooks

    JULY 4, 2009 10:27PM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: business, coal companies, politics, mountaintop removal, valley fill, energy companies, environment, health, mcconnell, hoyer, boehner, inhofe, jeff sessions, daryl hannah

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1921 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Will Mountaintop Removal Bite the Dust?

    MARCH 31, 2009 6:28PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: environment, mountaintop removal, environmental protection agency, e.p.a., coal river, joe lovett

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2814 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Diane Sawyer needs to dig deeper on her story of Appalachia

    FEBRUARY 15, 2009 10:59PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: 20/20, abc, appalachia, mountaintop removal, diane sawyer, "a hidden america: children of the mountains, " environment, health, news, politics, television

    • 0 Ratings
    • 603 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bush Administration Burns Midnight Oil to Gut Environment

    NOVEMBER 20, 2008 10:28AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, coal, west virginia, mountaintop removal, environment, midnight regulations, bush administration, open call

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