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Enter the Elk

March 29, 2019 by Mason Adams

Wildlife viewing has become a pillar in the growing outdoor recreation industry of many Central Appalachian communities in the aftermath of coal’s dominance.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment, Environment featured Tags building resilient economies, habitat restoration, mountaintop removal Leave a comment

The King is Dead!

December 15, 2020August 26, 2015 by Laura Gottesdiener

On August 5th, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey banded together with 15 other state attorneys general to demand that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suspend the implementation of new rules devised by the Obama administration to slow the pace of climate change.

Categories Environment Tags coal mining, extractive economies, mountaintop removal, Resource Depletion Leave a comment

Mountaintop removal provides Appalachian coal to Europe

December 15, 2020October 17, 2013 by James Marriott

Ever since Europeans arrived on this continent they have been digging and mining, shipping the fruits of these soils back across the Atlantic.

Categories Energy Tags American coal exports, coal mining, Fossil Fuels, mountaintop removal Leave a comment

Extreme Energy Extraction Roadtrip — The Scary Ways We’re Ruining the Country to Get Fossil Fuels

December 15, 2020September 16, 2013 by Tara Lohan

The view from a Cessna reveals some dirty secrets.

Categories Environment Tags Fracking, mountaintop removal Leave a comment

Fossil Fuels’ Deadly Summer and the Growing Resistance

December 15, 2020July 30, 2013 by Tara Lohan

This much we know: The fossil fuels that power our economy take their toll, on workers, on the environment, and on those who live near areas of extraction, transportation, processing, and burning—which, these days, is a whole lot of people.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment Tags climate change activism, Fracking, mountaintop removal, Tar Sands Leave a comment

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