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understory.ran.org - 26 days ago
Urgent Action: Blasting Has Started on Coal River Mountain and YOU CAN STOP IT
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Coal River Mountain in West Virginia is being dynamited, and the Coal River Valley community needs your help. Earlier this week, RAN staff heard from allies in the coalfields that a subsidiary of Massey Energy, the largest coal producer in Appalachia, has resumed mountaintop removal ...
Save Coal River Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining
ilovemountains.org - 30 days ago
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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ga3.org - 29 days ago
Take Action: Ask EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Intervene at Coal River Mountain
— ga3.org — 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 ... (more) Take Action: Ask EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to ...

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alternet.org - 29 days ago
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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It's Getting Hot In Here:  Philly Activists Protest Blasting On Coal River Mountain

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Philly Activists Protest Blasting On Coal River Mountain
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... Massey Energy Company, one of the largest coal producers in the country, began blasting at Coal River Mountain last Friday, in Coal River, West Virginia. Last year the state issued permits to conduct mountain top removal on the site, despite protest by local residents. Witnesses saw blasts and smoke on Friday near the Brushy Fork coal slurry impoundment. ...

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