California Greening (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
We seem to have declared war on the climate and appear to be winning, for a change. The front line in this war is in West Virginia and Obama is sending all of our troops to Afghanistan. Please read this post by Bo Webb over at Grist. It tells you what is happening on to the ground. Then call Sen. Boxer's office (202) 224-3553 and tell her that enough is enough. She put her name on a bill that...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
by Bo Webb Bo Webb (right) with James Hansen (left) at a Coal River protest last summerPhoto: Antrim CaskeyDear Mr. President: I write to you in a moment of urgency. In your address at MIT last week, you told students that the “Pentagon has declared our dependence on fossil fuels to be a security threat.” Here in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia, our mountain communities...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Energy began Mountain Top Removal (MTR) operations on Coal River Mountain this past weekend. Bo Webb, whose home and family are directly threatened by this latest destruction of yet another mountain in the great Appalachian range -- the most biologically diverse forest on the planet, has been campaigning to stop this insane form of coal "mining" for years. Below is the open letter Mr. Webb...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... and miners calmly came together in the Coal River Valley last night, as the Raleigh County School Board announced its intention to formally request funds for a new Marsh Elementary School, which currently sits near a toxic coal dust silo and downslope of a 2.8 billion gallon coal sludge impoundment and mountaintop removal operation. “The main agenda item at last night’s Raleigh County...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... and miners calmly came together in the Coal River Valley last night, as the Raleigh County School Board announced its intention to formally request funds for a new Marsh Elementary School, which currently sits near a toxic coal dust silo and downslope of a 2.8 billion coal sludge impoundment and mountaintop removal operation. "The main agenda item at last night's Raleigh County School Board hearing...
