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By: The Alliance for Appalachia » Blog Archive » A Day to Shine On Capitol Hill

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:16:49 +0000

[...] The best headline thus far was printed before the hearing even started: Washington City Paper - Mountaintop Coal Mining Face Off Starts Now! [...]

By: A Day to Shine on Capitol Hill

A Day to Shine on Capitol Hill — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:20:26 +0000

[...] The best headline thus far was printed before the hearing even started: Washington City Paper - Mountaintop Coal Mining Face Off Starts Now! [...]

By: ScottahB

ScottahB — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:08:28 +0000

I worked at a charter school in DC this year and at the end of the year, I led a group of students to visit southern West Virginia and explore the cultural and environmental effects of mountaintop removal. We met with Judy Bonds and Coal River Mountain Watch, an organization that advocates putting a wind farm on top of Coal River Mountain instead of blowing it up, and works to save Marsh Fork Elementary, a school that has a 9 billion gallon tank of coal sludge just above it, and with Larry Gibson, the keeper of Kayford Mountain, who travels the country advocating against mountaintop removal. The thugs at Massey Energy have bulldozed his family cemetery, shot his dogs, put bullet holes in his trailer, and terrorized his family and community. It's despicable, really. More pictures are here.

By: iLoveMountains.org » Blog Archive - End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining -- A day to shine on Capitol Hill

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:25:56 +0000

[...] The best headline thus far was printed before the hearing even started: Washington City Paper - Mountaintop Coal Mining Face Off Starts Now! [...]

By: City Bans Toxic Road Building Material, Announces $2,500 Fine - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:27:51 +0000

[...] Yesterday, the environmental and human toll of mountaintop removal coal mining was the subject of a Senate hearing. Today, the DC government announced a $2,500 fine to anyone using coal tar in pavement [...]

By: Christine MacDonald

Christine MacDonald — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:16:24 +0000

Thanks, Noah. That interactive map is very cool. I'd still like to know how much mountaintop removal coal is helping my laptop running right now.

Anyone else know?

By: Noah Kazis

Noah Kazis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:10:58 +0000

http://ilovemountains.org/myconnection/ lets you enter a ZIP code and see your connection to mountaintop removal. Exact amount I don't think it does, but it's a start and the site might point you to more resources.