The Crime of Mountaintop Removal Mining |
With the West Virginia primary tomorrow, and Kentucky next week, coal and coal mining become more visible as issues. I wrote about this in April at Quick Political Note Coal and the Candidates. The... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Tue, 13 May 2008 10:02:00 PST |
Strip mine jobs are temporary, destructive (LTE-RH) |
http://www.register-herald.com/letters/local_story_130211409
.html?keyword=topstoryMr. Hudson's letter published in this paper on March 16 was pure old rotten bologna.As a disabled underground miner,... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:30:00 PST |
Coal is finite; sun, wind infinite |
http://www.wvgazette.com/Opinion/Letters/200805070289 Editor: A recent article said "world coal market hits home" and the price of coal-fired electricity is rapidly rising and becoming very ex... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:24:00 PST |
Coal reps, protesters clash at conference |
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08128/879633-113.stmWednesday
, May 07, 2008 By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAshley Lauth, 23, of Washington, D.C., and a member of Greenpeace, encourages a motoris... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:47:00 PST |
Rahall and Manchin ignore public’s will |
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/x1805090259 I want to admit a mistake I made for voting for Nick J. Rahall for U.S. House of Representatives. I didn't know he had obsession for ... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Tue, 06 May 2008 08:52:00 PST |
Greenpeace report labels carbon capture ’false hope’ |
May 5, 2008 http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200805040220 Coal operators and their supporters are offering the public false hope when they promote pumping carbon dioxide underground to solve t... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:29:00 PST |
On TV: Burning the Future: Coal in America |
On TV Burning the Future: Coal in America Sundance Channel, May 13, 9:35 p.m. (ET/PT); May 16, 10:35 p.m. (ET/PT); May 18, 3:35 p.m. (ET/PT) DVD available mid-May at www.burningthefuture.org. By 19... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:21:00 PST |
New DEP Secretary Expects To Make The Tough Decisions |
New West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman is the first one to admit he doesn't have all the answers, but he says he'll work to get them. Huffman took over as th... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:15:00 PST |
LTE: A big THANKS to the WV Young Democrats... |
Group thanked for courage http://www.wvgazette.com/Opinion/Letters/200805040225?page=2
&build=cache Editor: A big thanks to the West Virginia Young Democrats for having the courage to b... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:07:00 PST |
Gibson Foundation Sponsors Natural Resources Defense Council’s Eco Salon |
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004379.htmlPress release Source: Gibson Guitar(L to R) John Adams, Founder NRDC; Frances Beinecke, President, NRDC; Dave Berryman, President Gibson Guitar Corp.; ... Posted by Coal River Mountain Watch on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:44:00 PST |