Stop the Coalfields Expressway
We’ve known for a long time that the coal industry will go to extreme measures to blow up mountains to mine coal, but this latest project is both ridiculous and really alarming. Coal companies are...
View ArticleFarewell to Larry Gibson, an Appalachian Hero
This past Sunday, an Appalachian hero and a tireless warrior against mountaintop removal coal mining passed away. For decades, Larry Gibson stood up to threats and intimidation, spoke to thousands of...
View ArticleNo More Excuses Mr. President, End Mountaintop Removal
This week, the American people gave Barack Obama four more years to demonstrate his leadership of our nation. We congratulate the President on his victory, but also must hold him accountable to his...
View ArticleMoving Appalachia Forward!
Editor’s Note: As part of the “No More Excuses” campaign on iLoveMountains.org, we asked people whose lives have been directly impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining to contribute their thoughts...
View ArticleSustaining Healthy Appalachian Communities
Editor’s Note: Wendy Johnston is a sixth generation West Virginian from Mercer County and the granddaughter and great granddaughter of coal miners. Her post is the second in a series of guest blogs...
View ArticleElectoral Math for “All You Climate People”
During a campaign season in which climate change featured most prominently as a laugh line at the Republican National Convention, the low point was when CNN’s Candy Crowley addressed “all you climate...
View ArticleClasses Begin at New Marsh Fork Elementary School
On Monday, just a few miles from the old school, students began classes at a new, safer Marsh Fork Elementary. Last week, families were invited to tour the school, where classrooms are equipped with...
View ArticleJoin Us for the 8th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington
Join us this May for the 8th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington. We’re excited to announce that the application form is live for the 8th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington...
View ArticleSAVE THE DATE: Feb. 14th is I Love Mountains Day
I Love Mountains Day 2013 is less than one month away! Will you join us and be one of the more than 1,200 people standing up for clean water, clean energy, and a just economic transition for eastern...
View ArticleProtect Appalachia’s Water from Mountaintop Removal
Later this month Administrator Lisa Jackson will retire as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. During her term, the EPA took several important steps to encourage coal companies to do more...
View ArticleI Love Mountains Day 2013: Will You Join Us at the Capitol?
Don’t forget, I Love Mountains Day 2013 is less than one week away. On February 14th, join with hundreds of Kentuckians to call for an end to the destructive practice of mountaintop removal coal mining...
View ArticleOver 1,000 Celebrate I Love Mountains Day in Kentucky
For thousands in Kentucky and across Appalachia, Feb. 14th is more than just Valentine’s Day, it’s I Love Mountains Day. Our friends at Kentuckians for the Commonwealth shared photos, video and blog...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: Protect Kentucky’s Fish from Selenium Toxicity
Tell the Kentucky Division of Water to protect fish from toxic selenium pollution. Recently, the Kentucky Division of Water attempted to sneak weakened selenium standards into their three-year review...
View ArticleFormer Massey Official Pleads Guilty, Says He Conspired with CEO
Ken Ward Jr. of the Charleston Gazette wrote yesterday that David C. Hughart, a former Massey official, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government by thwarting U.S. Mine Safety and Health...
View ArticleURGENT: Tennessee Votes on the Scenic Vistas Protection Act Tomorrow. Call...
Call today. Tell your committee members to support the Scenic Vistas Protection Act tomorrow. Tennessee legislators are scheduled to take up a critical vote tomorrow on the Scenic Vistas Protection Act...
View ArticleTennessee Game Changer: Conservative Union Running Pro-Mountain Ads Statewide
Conservative Ad Buy Turning Scenic Vistas Bill into Bipartisan Bombshell When it comes to Tennessee, most everybody has their reason for supporting our mountains. Whether it is a liberal urban Democrat...
View ArticleStop Brushing off the Bad Stuff: On Mountaintop Removal and Community Health
West Virginia University professor and public health researcher Dr. Michael Hendryx’s latest article, “Personal and Family Health in Rural Areas of Kentucky With and Without Mountaintop Coal Mining,”...
View ArticleURGENT: Tell Gov. Tomblin to Block the Expansion of Brushy Fork
We just got the word that MSHA has approved a 50 foot and 2 billion gallon expansion to the 750 foot tall and 6.6 billion gallon Brushy Fork coal slurry dam. Unless the West Virginia Department of...
View ArticleLend Your Voice: Tell EPA It has the Key to Protect Appalachia
Tell the EPA to protect water quality and community health. Two months ago we worked together to generate thousands of comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding that they use sound...
View ArticleWelcome Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Tell Her to Protect Appalachia from...
This week, Sally Jewell became the Obama Administration’s Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Jewell is now in a key position to halt the damaging environmental and health effects of...
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