Category Archives: Mountaintop Removal
MayDay Action: Peabody Coal Shareholder Meeting Disrupted
Cross-Posted from St Louis Today Occupy protesters rally at a Peabody Energy shareholders meeting at the Peabody Opera House on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com ST. LOUIS • “Pay up, Peabody!” was the theme of protesters who … Continue reading
Action Alert! Help Stop Mountaintop Removal Spruce Mine!
From our allies at I Love Mountains: We won a major victory for Appalachia last year when the Environmental Protection Agency decided to veto the Spruce Mine in West Virginia — one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed. … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Mountaintop Removal, politics
Music Video Captures Grief Over Mountaintop Removal
by Jeff Biggers 02-21-2012 - As millions of pounds of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations continue to devastate historic mountain communities in central Appalachia, a powerful new music video released this week by the beloved American Roots band Magnolia Mountain … Continue reading
Filed under Coal, Energy, Mountaintop Removal
Portland OR Activists Scale Billboard, Expose Local Coal Threats
Portland, Ore. Three activists with Cascade Climate Network and Portland Rising Tide occupied a billboard at the corner of SE 12th and Sandy Blvd. Sunday afternoon to protest proposals for coal export terminals across the Northwest. The activists altered the billboard with … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Pollution, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Energy
Mountain Justice, Coal River Mountain Watch, and RAMPS Campaign are teaming up to present the 2011 Mountain Justice Fall Summit!
Oct.28-30th Rock Creek Hollow, WV Join with us for a weekend of training and education as we expand our movement and say NO to destructive coal mining practices in our communities. Our workshops will include a variety of educational and … Continue reading
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Aerosols Altered Asian Monsoons
by Carolyn Gramling on 29 September 2011 Cross-posted from Science Summer monsoons provide much of the water for agriculture, forestry, wetlands, and fisheries on the Indian subcontinent. But the pattern of rain in the region has shifted dramatically during the last half of … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, GE Trees, Mountaintop Removal
Fifteen Arrested Taking Action Against Banks and Big Coal in St. Louis
Cross posted from It’s Getting Hot In Here August 15, 2011 Today, over a hundred marched, with fifteen arrested, as the Midwest Rising! Convergence took the streets of St. Louis to protest Bank of America and Peabody Coal. The arrest action occurred … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Mountaintop Removal
RECLAIM POWER SOUTHEAST ACTION CAMP
August 18 — 22, 2011 Western North / South Carolina near the Green River The goal of this event is for activists working for a sustainable community and world to share skills, share information, build community and put this awareness … Continue reading
Activists Block Mining Operations on Coal River Mountain
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 posted by rampsmedia MARFORK, W.Va. – Two protesters associated with the RAMPS Campaign halted blasting on a portion of Alpha Natural Resources’ Bee Tree mountaintop removal mine on Coal River Mountain today by ascending two trees. Catherine-Ann … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Coal, Mountaintop Removal
EPA delays rule on industrial emissions
The regulation to limit pollutants at power plants at major industrial facilities is suspended after protests from industry. It is the Obama administration’s latest concession on the environment. Cross-posted from LA Times. By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times May 17, … Continue reading
Filed under Coal, Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Pollution
