Trump is Old King Coal.. Multiplying Harm (tags)
miner diseases and hazards, mountaintop mining, sulfuric acid turning to acid rain, poisoned watersheds The coal miners make good money.... Yes they make good money for the mine owners Meanwhile Appalachian coal country is still as it has always been ... a region of poverty.
Recent Health Studies Point to Link Between Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and Human Illn (tags)
Interview with Michael Hendryx, professor of health policy management and leadership at West Virginia University, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Study Finds Surface and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Degrades Water Quality (tags)
Interview with Emily Bernhardt, an associate professor of biology at Duke University, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Recent March to Protect Blair Mountain in West Va. Brought Coal Miners and Environment (tags)
Interview with Chuck Keeney, Blair Mountain, W.V. march organizer , conducted by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Activists Engage in Tree-Sit Protest in West Virginia to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal (tags)
Interview with Junior Walk, member of the Protest Support Network , conducted by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Unions and Environmentalists March to Protect Historic Blair Mountain from Mountaintop (tags)
Interview with Kenny King, board member of Friends of Blair Mountain, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Mountaintop Removal: Environmental and Human Destruction for Profit (tags)
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BTL:West Virginia Protest March Will Link Campaign to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining (tags)
Interview with Larry Gibson, "Keeper of the Mountains" in West Virginia , conducted by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:EPA Sends Mixed Message with Reversal on West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining (tags)
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BTL:Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Opponents Work to Generate Clean Energy (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
Responding to Harmful Government Inaction, Protestors Stop Blasting on Coal River Mountain (tags)
Four Protestors are currently halting balsting on Coal River Mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Two of the nonviolent activists are locked down to a drill rig while two others are offering direct support. This action is part of a larger campaign to end mountaintop removal in Appalachia.
Rep. Hechler: Keep Hellraising! (tags)
17 arrested in anti-mountaintop removal civil disobedience
Bank of America and Citi Targeted for Coal Investment (tags)
Local activists will join others across the nation today to protest major investments by Cit and Bank of America in the dirtiest energy source: Coal.
International alliance calls for end to term “clean coal,” responsible transition (tags)
In Response to the growing and unfortunate trend among environmental and social justice groups use of the industry and government created term "clean coal," West Virginia Citizen's Action Group, Coal River Mountain Watch launched an internationally circulated sign-on letter calling for a unification of these groups against this sort of industry doublespeak which makes it so much harder for those working towards positive change to achieve it. Over 80 Organizations and prominent individuals have signed on at the time of the release. Please view the letter and add your name too at www.crmw.net.
Stop Mountaintop Removal! A call to action March 31st! (tags)
Down with King Coal! Save Appalachia - Stop Mountaintop Removal! Take Action on March 31! Our demand is simple – stop mountaintop removal and all forms of surface mining for coal. Groups and individuals across Appalachia are rising in united nonviolent protest against the increasing cultural and environmental devastation caused by this most destructive form of mining. Mountaintop removal results in loss of life, loss of employment, destruction of homes, and elimination of communities throughout the coalfields.
BTL:Weakening of Environmental Regulations Undermine Appalachian Communities'.. (tags)
...Fight to Stop Coal Mining Industry Mountaintop Removal Interview with Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel with Earthjustice, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
It's Not Easy Confronting King Coal (tags)
The CONVERGENCE of environmental, social and economic justice elements in mountaintop removal provided common ground among the forest protection and coal activist communities.
New Baldwin Play-LA Weekly Pick of the Week (tags)
The Pacifica Radio Archives Benefit Performance of JAMES BALDWIN DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP A New One Man Play Written & Performed By CALVIN LEVELS Tony Award Nominated Actor Making his Los Angeles Theater Debut *Levels intense stage presence beguiles* Pick of the Week - LA Weekly
Pacifica Radio Archives to Host New Play About James Baldwin (tags)
Pacifica Radio Archives is holding a special event -- a benefit performance of JAMES BALDWIN DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP, a new one-man play written and performed by Tony award-nominated actor Calvin Levels, depicting the rich, impassioned life of the great novelist, playwright, essayist and civil rights activist.