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Senate Confirms Controversial Coal Czar

The US Senate has confirmed Barack Obama's choice to head the Office of Surface Mining... more

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U.S. Coal Ash Blamed for Dominican Birth Defects

McClatchy Newspapers reports that coal ash dumped in the Dominican Republic from a... more

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Warming Melts Away Kilimanjaro's Snows

The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro will be gone within two decades, according to... more

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Public Citizen-- Renewable Energy (What you can do NOW to kick Congress in the pants)

http://www.citizen.org A film by R.J. Somerville, a student in the Digital Media... more

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81 year-old Paratrouper and Activist Arrested in WV Protesting Mountain Top Removal

There's a growing movement to stop coal companies from flattening the Appalachian... more

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Tree Sits Stopping Mountain Top Removal Blasts above Pettry Bottom, Coal River Valley

PETTRY BOTTOM, W.Va.—Two people are occupying two treetops at the edge of Massey Energy’s Edwight mountaintop removal site above Pettry Bottom and Peachtree in Raleigh County, West Virginia. At 6:30 a.m., concerned citizens unrolled two banners reading “Stop Mountain Top Removal” and “DEP – Don’t Expect Protection” from their treetop platforms. They are perched 80 feet above the ground, within 30 feet of the mine, and within the 300 feet of blasting. Blasting is prohibited when people are within such proximity.

Nick Stocks, 25, and Laura Steepleton, 24, of Rock Creek, West Virginia, are in the trees. Kim Ellis, of New Orleans, Louisiana and Zoe Beavers, of Hurricane, West Virginia are on the ground below. All protesters are associated with Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice.

“I am sitting in this tree to halt the blasting that endangers the residents of Pettry Bottom and Clays Branch,” Steepleton said. “The people of Pettry Bottom, Clays Branch are living below a land slide waiting to happen and the only barrier between fallen trees, mud, boulders and water and the Pettry Bottom community is a wooden stake and tarp fence. The DEP needs to step in and protect its citizens – not Massey Energy – stop the blasting above Petty Bottom, and end mountaintop removal.”

According to a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health publication and multiple cases of citizen documentation, flyrock has been known to land a half-mile from blasting sites. Several homes in Pettry Bottom are within a half-mile radius of the permitted blasting area. A map available from Aurora Lights at http://auroralights.org/map_project/images/maps/hazy/Permitted_MTR_Mines.jpg shows the proximity of homes in Pettry Bottom to blasting on the Edwight site.

Pettry Bottom resident, Carol Beckner, has stated “Me, my husband and both of my children all suffer from respiratory problems, allergies, bronchitis, and really bad headaches, from constantly breathing in coal and silica dust and toxic fumes like diesel fuel and ammonium nitrates.” The tree sitters say they will not willingly descend until blasting ceases above Pettry Bottom, Massey Energy pays the full cost of healthcare and home repair for Pettry Bottom and Peachtree residents, and the Federal Office of Surface Mining commits to supervising the full reclamation of the Edwight mine.

Army veteran and lifelong West Virginian, Zoe Beavers states “I am on this mountain because I believe that every single West Virginian who is proud of being from ‘Almost Heaven’ should take a stand against mountaintop removal. I am here because DEP officials have failed to stop the blasting. I am putting my body and reputation on the line to do their job and stop the blasting. I served in our military so that we can all live in a country that does not exploit and destroy its land and people.”

This is the thirteenth in a series of non-violent direct actions and protests that have brought together Coal River Valley residents, NASA climate scientist James Hansen, students, underground miners, military veterans, concerned citizens and environmentalists from across the nation with the goal of ending mountaintop removal. This is the third protest in two weeks to focus attention on the WV Department of Environmental Protection and their embattled Secretary, Randy Huffman. It also follows days after the leak of DEP biologist Doug Wood’s memo on the scale of environmental degradation caused by mountaintop removal, directly contradicting Huffman’s statements at a senate hearing last June.PETTRY BOTTOM, W.Va.—Two people are occupying two treetops at the edge of Massey... more

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Clean Coal Gets Dirtier, Lobbyists Resort To Forgery

If you haven't been keeping tabs on clean coal's latest swindle, this should make you... more

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Germany Says NOT UNDER MY BACKYARD to Carbon Cap and Storage

In what could be a first in the “NUMBY” stance, Germans have said “No” to... more

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Rep. Nick Rahall Jumps Out Of A Plane For The Coal Lobby

WOULD YOU STICK YOUR HEAD IN AN OVEN IF A LOBBYIST PAID YOU? The answer, for idiotic... more

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Ask your questions to an expert re: Supreme Court ruling on mining waste in lakes

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Carbon Capture Can't Make Coal Clean

WE Energies has proclaimed that it has captured carbon at a coal-fired plant, but this... more

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Climate and energy journalist calls clean coal advocate Joe Lucas a pansy

David Roberts of Grist writes... In early April, the excellent investigative... more

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"60 Minutes" Confirms that the Clean Coal Smoke Screen Continues

This story on Clean Coal from The Center For American Progress hits the nail on the... more

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60 minutes takes on the coal issues: VIDEO

As the issue of coal becomes more and more mainstreamed: do you think they are... more

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Jeff Corwin testifies before Congress - Help us make them listen

http://www.defenders.org/index.php My Congressional Delegation is composed of THREE... more

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Eco-Question: How can coal be clean?

David Roberts of Grist.org tells us what 'clean coal' really means.

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Eco-Question: What is the deal with clean coal?

Dave Burdick of the Huffington Post answers a question about just what 'clean coal'... more

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44 Arrested at protest against coal plant in North Carolina

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DC Rising Tide Disrupts Coal-to-Liquids Conference

Activists expose coal-to-liquids as a false solution

Washington, DC. – Local activists with DC Rising Tide and their allies interrupted a coal industry conference today to denounce coal-to-liquids as a corporate scam that would continue the destructive path of the fossil fuel industry.

“ We have had enough of corporations trying to keep us hooked on polluting fossil fuels. They seek to profit from climate change and the destruction of Appalachia.” said Amanda Duzak of Rising Tide.

Activists stood in the audience and loudly presented speeches to refute the statements of coal and oil executives from Chevron, World Coal Institute, World Petroleum Council and Consol Energy. The advocates of clean energy called for an end to the use of fossil fuels and for adoption of clean, renewable, community-based energy sources. Protesters deployed banners in the conference to highlight that “Coal kills” and “Coal takes lives” and we need “Renewable energy now.”

“Pound for pound coal produces more CO2 than almost any other form of energy production. If we’re serious about tackling climate change, we absolutely must stop mining and burning coal. Coal to liquids technology is a step in the wrong direction for our air, water and climate.” said Michael Weber of Rising Tide

The activists explained that even if the unproven, expensive, and dangerous carbon capture and storage techniques were in place, coal-to-liquids technology, which would convert coal to oil for transportation, would generate twice as much greenhouse gas emissions as oil. It would also lead to an increase in coal mining that destroys rivers and mountains and threatens community health.

“Its time to stop investing in false solutions. We are facing a climate crisis. It is time to stand up and fight for a sustainable future.” said Emma Cassidy of DC Rising Tide.

Rising Tide DC is a grassroots group of activists working towards climate justice by debunking false solutions and advocating a community-based, clean energy future.Activists expose coal-to-liquids as a false solution Washington, DC. – Local... more

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Clean Coal Technologies Gaining Favor

"For years, scientists have been experimenting with ways to “clean” coal, a... more

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Senate Confirms Controversial Coal Czar

U.S. Coal Ash Blamed for Dominican Birth Defects

Warming Melts Away Kilimanjaro's Snows

Public Citizen-- Renewable Energy (What you can do NOW to kick Congress in the pants)

81 year-old Paratrouper and Activist Arrested in WV Protesting Mountain Top Removal

Tree Sits Stopping Mountain Top Removal Blasts above Pettry Bottom, Coal River Valley

Clean Coal Gets Dirtier, Lobbyists Resort To Forgery

Germany Says NOT UNDER MY BACKYARD to Carbon Cap and Storage

Rep. Nick Rahall Jumps Out Of A Plane For The Coal Lobby

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Eco-Question: How can coal be clean?

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