On AlterNet: coal mining

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "coal mining"

EPA's Choice This Week: Crucify Appalachia or Stand Up to Big Coal Lobby

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. November 29, 2010.

After forty years of reckless devastation and criminal violations, the fate of clean water and human rights in the Appalachian coalfields is now in the hands of Lisa Jackson.

Appalachia Rising: A Mass Mobilization Is Coming to DC to Demand an End to Mountaintop Removal Mining

Mickey McCoy, AlterNet. September 23, 2010.

Their success depends on whether Obama views Appalachia as a legitimate part of this Union with people worth saving and a land worth preserving.

An Author's Incredible Environmental Journey After a Coal Company Destroyed His Family's Ancestral Home and Land

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. March 12, 2010.

After a strip-mining operation obliterated the author's family homestead, he set out on a 10-year journey to examine the staggering human and environmental costs of coal.

We're Literally Blowing Up Our Clean Energy Future

Nell Greenberg, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.

Coal River Mountain can be a wind farm that provides 85,000 households with electricity, creates 700 long-term green jobs but inside it is being dynamited.

Sit-ins-Funeral March Erupt at EPA/JP Morgan Chase Offices Across Nation

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. October 30, 2009.

Scores of residents from the Appalachian coalfields have joined with supporters from across the country in a series of sit-ins, die-ins, and protests.

NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. September 15, 2009.

A recent story on the Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia -- and the indifference of state agencies -- blew the cover on one of the worst kept secrets.

The Coalfields of Appalachia Are in a State of Emergency and Your Help Is Needed Now

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. August 28, 2009.

Here are a few ways to support coalfield residents and heroes, affect climate destabilization, and move our nation toward clean energy jobs.

UPDATED: Daryl Hannah, Climatologist James Hansen and 94-Year-Old Former Congressman Arrested at Coal River Protest

Jeff Biggers, Stephanie Pistello, AlterNet. June 23, 2009.

Notables attending a peaceful protest against Big Coal were arrested and two local organizers were attacked by an industry supporter.

Ending Mountaintop Removal Mining is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of The Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 23, 2009.

No source of energy is worth the price we're paying. Tell your senators it's time to stop blowing up our mountains.

Reckoning at Coal River: Media and Nation Must Bear Witness to Coalfield Tragedy This Week

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.

The human rights and constitutional violations of Americans by ruthless outside coal companies will be on full display to the media and the nation.

Secretary Chu Makes $1 Billion Down Payment For More Dirty Coal

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. June 15, 2009.

Here are some reasons why funding FutureGen is throwing money at the myth of clean coal.

Mixed Bag on Coal Mining Decision from Obama Administration

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club. June 15, 2009.

Without a significant change in policy, mining companies will continue to destroy our mountains and bury our streams on Obama's watch.

It's Time to Come Clean: New Yorkers Are Plugged in to Our Country's Dirtiest Source of Power

Jeff Biggers, Indypendent. May 28, 2009.

More than 240,000 tons of coal stripmined through mountaintop removal operations are consumed by New Yorkers every year.

Bill McKibben: Why I'm Planning to Get Arrested on Monday (and You Should, Too)

Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360. February 24, 2009.

With thousands of big names and small gathering, the first massive protest of its kind against global warming will put the heat on DC.

Americans in Appalachia Are Living in a State of Terror

Bo Webb, AlterNet. February 19, 2009.

Like sitting ducks waiting to be buried in an avalanche of mountain waste, we are trapped in a war zone within our own country.

New Court Decision Spells the Disaster for Appalachia and the Region's Drinking Water

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club. February 17, 2009.

The new ruling could mean 90 new mountaintop removal coal mining sites that can dump toxic pollution into our drinking water.

Obama and Gov. Manchin: Act on Coal River Crisis

Jeff Biggers, Huffington Post. February 5, 2009.

If you thought the TVA spill in December was bad, we could be be in for much worse in Coal River, West Virginia if we don't act now.

South Carolina Stands Up to Big Coal

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club. February 2, 2009.

SC is on the front lines of global warming, so it is no surprise that a coalition has formed against the latest planned coal-fired power plant there.

Black Lung Disease Is Back

Carole Bass, New Haven Independent. January 15, 2009.

In some parts of the country, rates of black lung disease have more than doubled among coal miners.

Bank of America Retreats from Financing Destructive Mountaintop-Removal Mining

Michael Brune, AlterNet. December 4, 2008.

The bank's new policy is a financial blow to the coal industry and a big win for enviros.

Bush's Worst Midnight Regulation Yet

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. December 4, 2008.

This latest assault is on clean water and it may be Bush's worst one yet.

What Is this "Clean Coal" Obama and McCain Support?

Tara DePorte, AlterNet. October 31, 2008.

A look at whether "clean coal" is actually clean, how the technology works, and whether it is a climate crisis cure.

Our Suicide Mission with Coal

Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. March 25, 2008.

Coal produces more carbon emissions than other energy sources, yet we burn more of it each year.

How the Mountains of Appalachia Are Disappearing

Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. February 5, 2008.

A new book reveals the environmental battle raging across one of America's poorest regions.

The Government Sanctioned Bombing of Appalachia

Antrim Caskey, AlterNet. October 9, 2007.

Thanks to Bush, Big Coal uses 3 million pounds of explosives each day in West Virginia to fuel our addiction to dirty energy.