In Memory – Judy Bonds
“Today all across Appalachia people are remembering environmentalist Judy Bonds on her birthday. Judy lost her battle with cancer back in January of 2011, but her memory lives on and continues to inspire those battling Mountaintop Removal to shout louder and fight harder.” – Tammy Marie Rose ———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values [...]
Mountaintop Removal Photo Gallery
———Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to destroy them will be to admit that the latter are the only values that interest us. – Aldo Leopold
Anxiety & Passion, Mountaintop Removal Forum 2010
I have stated both at seminars and in general conversation that I am more comfortable in the mountains among the trees and wildlife than I will ever be in social situations. I have social anxiety sometimes to the point where the anxiety paralyzes me. Just the thought of going into a situation where I have [...]
Inbreeding in Appalachia??
Regardless of who you are if you call Appalachia home this story should piss you off. Law Firm Says Inbreeding Skews Data Linking Mountaintop Removal to Birth Defects Last month, researchers at Washington State University and West Virginia University released a study that found a correlation between mountaintop removal and mining birth defects. A law [...]
The Fires Still Burn
After a recent camping trip and hearing the thunderous explosion from the Edwight MTR site echo down the hollow the very first day, I am once again compelled to make a plea for the end to this devastation. Following the explosion, literally everything on the mountain went quiet almost as if the mountain were for [...]
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