Enter the Elk
By Mason Adams, YES! magazine
Wildlife viewing has become a pillar in the growing outdoor recreation industry of many Central Appalachian communities in the aftermath of coal’s dominance.
Tag: mountaintop removal
The King is Dead!
By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch
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.
Mountaintop removal provides Appalachian coal to Europe
By James Marriot, Transition Voice
Ever since Europeans arrived on this continent they have been digging and mining, shipping the fruits of these soils back across the Atlantic.
Extreme Energy Extraction Roadtrip — The Scary Ways We’re Ruining the Country to Get Fossil Fuels
By Tara Lohan, Alternet
The view from a Cessna reveals some dirty secrets.
Fossil Fuels’ Deadly Summer and the Growing Resistance
By Tara Lohan, Alternet
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.