Stories by Jeff Biggers

Jeff Biggers is the American Book Award-winning author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland (Nation/Basic Books), among other books. Visit his website: www.jeffbiggers.com subscribe to Jeff Biggers's feed

Pro-Fracking Greens Called Out in Ecologist Sandra Steingraber's New Manifesto

Posted on: Jun 7, 2013, Source: YES! Magazine

In a statement, ecologist Sandra Steingraber denounced Illinois’ new fracking regulations and described the need for a movement dedicated to abolishing fracking nationwide.

The Biggest No-Brainer for Congress: Pass the ACHE Act to Halt Mountaintop Removal Mining

Posted on: Feb 8, 2013, Source: AlterNet

It's time to place a moratorium on new mountaintop removal mining operations while the first comprehensive federal study of the health dangers is conducted.

Climate Shame: Four Years After Promise, Capitol Power Plant Still Burns Dirty Coal?

Posted on: Dec 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

If the US Congress can't even move off its own use of dirty energy--so symbolically small--is it any wonder that the annual UN climate talks result in such pathetic action?

Why the Democratic Party Platform Should Call for End to Mountaintop Removal Mining

Posted on: Aug 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Democrats can not speak of being advocates for clean energy, civil rights and the environment if they turn their backs on besieged residents in Appalachia.

Tucson Freedom Summer Teaches Community About Outlawed Mexican American Studies Origins

Posted on: Jul 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Legislation Introduced for Moratorium on Mountaintop Removal Mining

Posted on: Jun 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Support for Amendment to Overrule Citizens United Decision Picks up Grassroots Support

Posted on: Jun 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Maria Gunnoe Testifies Before Congress: Mountaintop Removal Is Killing People

Posted on: Jun 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

"Why is it acceptable to depopulate our communities and culture, poison our water and air and leave us to die in a post mining waste land for temporary jobs and energy?"

Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal: Interview With Marilyn Mullens

Posted on: May 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Arizona Attacks Latino Community Again, Tucson Citizen Pulls Plug On Popular Blogger Three Sonorans

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Being Held in Isolation, Subjected to Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Posted on: Mar 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Groundbreaking "Coal Rush" Film Exposes the "Other BP" Spill

Posted on: Mar 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Historic Victory: Chicago to Shut Down its Coal Plants

Posted on: Feb 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Should Arch Coal Be Allowed to Destroy Historic Blair Mountain Battlefield?

Posted on: Feb 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Arch coal may be planning mining and mountaintop removal operations within the boundaries of one of the most important labor and civil rights monuments in the nation.

If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining in Appalachia

Posted on: Feb 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Students Step Up Tucson Walkouts: Protest Mexican American Studies Banishment

Posted on: Jan 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Most Important Book of 2011: Kivalina, a Climate Change Story

Posted on: Dec 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Kivalina should be required reading for all power brokers in the climate change debate — in particular, President Obama and the dawdling U.S. Congress.

Is Sheriff Joe Arpaio Going Down?

Posted on: Dec 16, 2011, Source: Salon

A Justice Department report blasts the embattled Arizona lawman for discriminating against Latinos.

Arizona Topples Senate President Russell Pearce, Anti-Immigration Law Architect, in Historic Recall Vote

Posted on: Nov 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bachmann and Pearce Have Last Dance on Tea Party's Sinking Ship in Arizona

Posted on: Oct 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"Our Communities Are Now War Zones" Appalachian Resident Tells Committee Hearing

Posted on: Sep 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Tea Party Scandal Explodes in Arizona Recall Election

Posted on: Sep 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

CNN's Soledad O'Brien Misses the Mark Completely in Special About Mountaintop Removal Mining

Posted on: Aug 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

New Study Links Mountaintop Removal To 60,000 Additional Cancer Cases

Posted on: Jul 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Lethal Fallout from Mining Spurs a Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Campaign to End to the Humanitarian Crisis in Appalachia

Posted on: Jul 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Advocacy groups are calling for an immediate moratorium on all mountaintop removal mining operations until the federal government can mitigate the spiraling humanitarian crisis.

Arizona All Star Game: Boycott or Knock it Out of the Park?

Posted on: Jul 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Blair Mountain Emergency: Obama is Obliged by Deathtoll to Order Mountaintop Removal Moratorium

Posted on: Jun 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Chicago Coal Protests Escalate: Barge Blocked on River, Greenpeace Paints Message on Fisk Coal-Fired Smokestack

Posted on: May 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Black Lung Blockbuster: Democracy Now Interview with Investigator of Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster

Posted on: May 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Arizona's Manufactured Crisis Turns into a Moral Crisis: Why Tucson's Ethnic Studies Students Can't Wait

Posted on: May 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

MTR Is Just One Symptom of Systemic Oppression: TN Activist Ash-Lee Henderson on Next Steps for Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"Issues about land ownership, self-determination, labor justice, and so many others are intimately related to our struggle to end mountaintop removal."

National Problem Deserves National Answer: Virginia Leader Kathy Selvage on Next Steps for Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement

Posted on: Apr 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"We must be taking steps, no giant leaps, toward a goal that is well defined, take great pride in our achievements and never let our eyes drift from the goal."

Retaking Capitol Hill from Big Coal: DC Strategist JW Randolph on Next Steps for Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement

Posted on: Apr 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"The coal lobby doesn't get freebies anymore, because thousands of regular American citizens are standing up and going toe-to-toe with them."

"Sue the Bastards": Kentucky Leader Teri Blanton on Next Steps for Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement

Posted on: Apr 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"If I could have one wish for how to really put a dent into what is happening I think I would wish for tort attorneys and expert witnesses to sue the bastards."

Next Steps for the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement: Activist Bo Webb Speaks Out

Posted on: Mar 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bo Webb has emerged as one of the most important frontline voices in the coalfield justice movement and Webb talks about how we can work to end MTR.

Big Coal WikiLeaks Emergency in Bangladesh: Does Obama Support Removal of 100,000 Villagers?

Posted on: Mar 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why is the Obama administration pushing for an internationally condemned open-pit mine that will displace an estimated 100,000-200,000 villagers and ravage land and water?

Legislators Are Going to Unbelievable Lengths to Gouge Clean Water Laws and Cozy Up to Big Coal

Posted on: Feb 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

'As an air-breather and a water-drinker, I take offense to the notion that coal company profits are more important than my children's lives.'

UPDATED: Wendell Berry Joins Retired Coal Miners and Residents in Kentucky Rising Capitol Sit-in

Posted on: Feb 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Arizona Tea Party Gone Wild: New Bill Gives State Right to Overthrow Federal Laws?

Posted on: Feb 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Big Coal's Watergate? Nation Watches as Clean Water Act Scandal Rocks Kentucky Court Today

Posted on: Jan 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Extraordinary investigative work turned up over 20,000 incidences of Clean Water Act violations by three coal companies. Now will they finally be held accountable?

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