Your Connection to Environmental Destruction: Coal Does More Than Keep the Lights On
Mountaintop Removal hits the front page, emphasizing direct connections to consumers and consumption in the process.Posted on April 24, 2008 9:00 AM • 4 Comments •
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Mountaintop Coal Removal:
What's your connection to Mountaintop removal? See here.
Type in your zip code to find out the nearest coal-burning facility and its coal source.Posted on February 20, 2008 11:30 AM • 1 Comments •
What's New In Environmental Destruction: Feb Edition
An update on environmentally and culturally senseless Mountaintop Coal Removal.Posted on February 10, 2008 1:20 PM • 2 Comments •
Mountaintop Coal Removal Commentary
His granddaughter wants him to stop blowing the tops off mountains. No, not "ha ha" funny. But you can laugh.Posted on December 7, 2007 12:45 PM • 1 Comments •
Mountaintop Rescue
New York Times editorial on the waning legality of blowing up mountainsPosted on April 3, 2007 12:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Wish You Were Here!
New ad campaign: Appalachian Mountaintop Removal PostersPosted on April 3, 2007 9:21 AM • 1 Comments •
Mountain Top Removal Update: Oprah's In On It Too!
Grist has been posting many excellent links, discussions, and interviews about Mountaintop Coal Removal in the Appalachians. It's been a while since we added to our MTR posts (one, two, three, four), so allow me to do so now. photo...Posted on March 29, 2007 4:10 PM • 2 Comments •
Mountaintop [Coal] Removal, Part II: Is a stream without fish still a stream?
[When we last left our dueling bloggers, they were reading Erik Reece's Death of a Mountain. And now, part 2, as continued from the first part of the conversation, wherein -- beyond the Reece article -- the bloggers made mention...Posted on July 28, 2006 9:45 AM • 0 Comments •
