Taking their cue from the widely disgraced West Virginia politicos and Big Coal lobbyists, some legislators in Virginia are…
EPA Vetoes Largest Mountaintop Removal Permit: New Era of Civility in the Coalfields?
It’s been a long time coming. Now it’s final. Lisa Jackson and the EPA have gone to the mountaintop…
Lisa Jackson’s Choice on Dec. 1st: Crucify Appalachia or Stand Up to Big Coal Lobby
No one in Washington, DC–outside of President Obama–will determine the future of clean water and health care in the…
Mother Jones Is Still Calling Out Deadbeat Coal Barons (on Coal Miner’s Day)
I hear Mother Jones calling. The deadbeat coal barons still need to be called out. Today is Coal Miner’s…
Chicago’s Growing Clean Power Campaign Becomes Ground Zero for National Environmental Groups
How green is Chicago? Thanks to a growing ward-by-ward grassroots campaign for clean energy, the Windy City has attracted…
Where’s the Outrage? EPA Betrays Coalfields (Again) With New Mountaintop Removal Permit
I’m not sure if the EPA is addled, or downright shameless, but on the heels of meeting with besieged…
Feel like we’re living in a summer of hopeless environmental disasters and faltering energy policy leadership — the spewing…
The Next Great Coal Spill? Massey’s Billion Gallon Disaster in Waiting
As President Obama makes his third trip to the Gulf today to assess the worst crude oil spill in…
Ensuring Coal’s Future (to Kill)? Questions for Sen. John Kerry from the Coal Wars Frontlines
Who can’t admire Sen. John Kerry’s determination to bring some sort of climate and clean energy legislation to the…
Goodbye Massey Coal Dust: Welcome to the Ed Wiley Elementary School!
Nearly four years ago, retired coal miner and grandfather Ed Wiley walked from Charleston, West Virginia to Washington, DC,…
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