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Coal Jobs, America, and Violence
Building on Jeff Biggers' message ...Happy labor day everyone. This day carries special significance in Appalachia, particularly for our coal miners. We look at it with special attention today as, Don...
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HELP! - Blasting Begins on Coal River Mountain
We have been told, and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has confirmed, that blasting has begun at Coal River Mountain. Coal River Mountain is the tallest mountain ever slated...
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Historic EPA Decision is the Beginning of the End of Mountaintop Removal
Originally from the App Voices' Front Porch blogThe science is in, and the Obama Administration is listening. Today's issuance of guidance by the Environmental Protection Agency is an absolutely...
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Senator Byrd: "Our Greatest Resource"
This just in from Senator Byrd's office, and offered without comment.The recent explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in my home county of Raleigh, which killed 29 West Virginians and injured 2...
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Connecting the Dots after Upper Big Branch
"Past error is no excuse for its own perpetuation. Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." - Robert Francis Kennedy It's been over 7 weeks since the deadly...
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Senator Robert C. Byrd, Rest in Peace.
Robert C. Byrd "may come closer to the kind of senator the Founding Fathers had in mind than any other." -- Almanac of American Politics Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) passed away early this morning at...
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Mountaintop Removal - JUST DO IT!
Update: Nike has graciously removed the horrific images of mountaintop removal from their WVU page. This is a victory for us. While I still think that West Virginia University has some serious...
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Rahall: Protecting Appalachians is a Threat to National Security
A set of so-called "pro-coal" Representatives have introduced HR 6113 to prove that they care more about Don Blankenship's approval than their constituents' health. This bill asserts that President...
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Dear Joe Manchin, Arch Coal has a Plan, and its Not You
The FArCES of Coal:"With Our Head in the Sand, As Loud As We Can" EditionOriginally posted at the App Voices' Front Porch Well, I'm not sure how it happened. But it seems like southern West Virginia...
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Impacts of Coal 101: Mountaintop Removal = Job Removal
We will start today's post with a simple hypothesis. Mountaintop removal means FEWER mining jobs for Appalachia. We will go into the correlation with poverty, the horrific physical health problems,...
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With HR 2018, House Again Passes Brutal Attack on Water, Science, Humans
via App VoicesRahall Legislates that Water Stop at State Lines. Seriously.Yesterday evening the House of Representatives passed The Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act (HR 2018), a bill that turns...
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TN Tuesdays: What Do We Do Now?
Hi yall,This is a post about how we can improve life for Tennesseans, protect an American culture that has endured for centuries, and promote our beloved Appalachian Mountains that once stood higher...
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