Coal In The Classroom
This is one of those things that was going to happen for the simple fact that King Coal owns West Virginia. Battle over coal moves into Raleigh classrooms BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary wrapped up its first Coal in the Classroom program in the Raleigh County public schools with a field [...]
Sunny Day Breach
With mountaintop removal starting on Coal River Mountain, which means blasting is going to be occurring uncomfortably close to the Brushy Fork slurry impoundment, I thought this would be a good time to talk about the emergency warning plan for the Brushy Fork dam. All calculations in the plan are based on a sunny day [...]
TAKE ACTION!! Help Save Coal River Mountain!
UPDATE – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Battle at Coal River Mountain Explodes; Green Jobs v. Big Coal Showdown ============ From The Huffington Post – Matt Wasson Director of Programs for Appalachian Voices BREAKING NEWS: Reports are coming in from residents of West Virginia’s Coal River Valley that Massey Energy has begun mountaintop removal mining operations on Coal [...]
Your voice is needed, comment NWP21
As many of you know the Army Corp of Engineers hearings on the proposed modification and suspension of Nationwide Permit 21 was nothing more than federally sponsored coal rallies. However, all hope is not lost. Until Monday, Oct 26 your voice can still make a difference. From an Earthjustice email – The Corps’ plan to [...]
Reclamation… Maybe??
Hey it could be. As good a job as they do reclaiming these mountaintop removal wastelands, this would probably pass for reclamation… uh… that is, if it wasn’t buried upside down. They never claimed to be experts, just coal miners. Well hell they can just spray some hybrid miracle grass on this thing and it [...]
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