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ga3.org - 10/27/2009
Take Action: Ask EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Intervene at Coal River Mountain
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Mountaintop removal blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain. These operations are happening only a few hundred feet away from the Brushy Fork impoundment dam, which holds over 8.2 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge above Pettus, WV. If the dam bursts, nearly a thousand people in the Coal ...
Save Coal River Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining
ilovemountains.org - 10/25/2009
Save Coal River Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining
— ilovemountains.org — Call President Obama now at 202-456-1414 and ask him to help save Coal River Mountain . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RESOURCES -- CoalRiverWind.org -- New York Times ... (more) Save Coal River Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining

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Jeff Biggers: BREAKING: Sit-ins-Funeral March Erupt at EPA/JP Morgan Chase Offices Across Nation: Coal River Mtn Emergency (PHOTOS)
huffingtonpost.com - 10/30/2009
Jeff Biggers: BREAKING: Sit-ins-Funeral March Erupt at EPA/JP Morgan Chase Offices Across ...
— huffingtonpost.com — BREAKING NEWS: The Coalfield Uprising is spreading across the nation. As millions of pounds of explosions rip... across their mountain communities, including the clean energy landmark of Coal River Mountain, scores of residents from the Appalachian ... (more) Jeff Biggers: BREAKING: Sit-ins-Funeral March Erupt at ...

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alternet.org - 10/27/2009
Urgent Action Need: We Face a National Security Threat on Coal River Mountain | Environment
— alternet.org — Dear Mr. President: I write to you in a moment of urgency. In your address at MIT... last week, you told students that the "Pentagon has declared our dependence on fossil fuels to be a security threat." Here in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia, our ... (more) Urgent Action Need: We Face a National Security Threat ...

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Coal River Mountain:”Thus Far and No Further”
The Understory : Understory.RAN.org — ... , let’s make it a national day of action to defend Coal River Mountain. Let’s make the next long while a national day of action to defend Coal River Mountain. Start this week, by calling EPA Admin Lisa Jackson and say “thus far and no further.” ...

Coal River Mountain:”Thus Far and No Further”
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... and no further.” The fight is on. Yesterday Jeff Biggers posted this blog and today coalfield resident Bo Webb posted this one. From inside and outside the coalfields I’m hearing people step up to defend Coal River Mountain. Oct. 30 is a National Day of Action to End MTR, let’s make it a national day of action to defend Coal River Mountain. Let’s make the next long while a national day of action to defend Coal River Mountain. Start this week, by calling EPA Admin Lisa Jackson and say “thus far and no further.” Posted in ...

End Mountaintop Removal: Sit-ins, Zombies, Protests, Banner Drops Oh My!
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... Furthermore, activists raised the issue of Coal River Mountain, the last intact mountain in the Coal River Valley that Massey Energy started mountaintop removal operations on in recent weeks.  A national outcry has gone out over Coal River Mountain prompting many environmental groups to call EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and President Obama. ...

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