|
.jpg)
Coal
by
Climate Ground Zero | 07.15.2010
Four people were jailed yesterday for stopping a Massey Energy strip mining machine, called a highwall miner, on Coal River Mountain, W.Va. One of them, 22-year-old Jimmy Tobias, graduated this spring from U-Penn Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 July 14, 2010
by
Robin Markle & Amy Wilson | 03.06.2010
This Monday, Philadelphia community members rallied outside the Philadelphia Region 3 EPA Office to stop mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. Mountaintop Removal permits are reviewed in Philadelphia and Atlanta EPA Offices. The crowd chanted "Ending MTR, who has the say? Region 3 of the EPA!", while myself and fellow Rising Tide activist Josh Yoder attempted to enter the building with a letter for senior Region 3 Administrator Shawn Garvin. Read More | Photos
Coming Up:  On Monday, March 1, a group of 40 concerned community members members rallied outside the Region 3 EPA building on Arch St in Philadelphia, where they demanded that the Agency stop approving new permits for mountaintop removal (MTR) mining. Philly's Region 3 office reviews MTR permits in Virginia and West Virginia.
by
Robin Markle | 10.29.2009
On the morning of Thursday, Oct 29, local activists dropped a banner reading "Save Coal River Mountain" in response to blasting on the iconic mountain in Coal River, West Virginia. PHILA, PA - Early Thursday morning, local climate activists dropped a banner reading "Save Coal River Mtn." from the 18th Street overpass above the Vine Street Expressway. The banner contrasted images of a wind farm and a bulldozer; the bottom read, "Coal Is Over."
by
Climate Ground Zero | 08.31.2009
One treesitter descends after week of defending people from blasting FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Charles Suggs One tree-sitter to descend after week defending people from blasting PETTRY BOTTOM, W.Va. – After six full days in an 80-foot-tall poplar tree, Nick Stocks will voluntarily come down at 10:00 a.m. today. Since Tuesday morning, Stocks has been living on a platform 30 feet from Massey Energy's Edwight Surface Mine, preventing further blasting over the community of Pettry Bottom. Stocks will turn himself immediately over to the State Police. Fellow tree sitter Laura Steepleton remains in a neighboring tree with no immediate plans to come down.
by
| 12.31.2008
Coal ash spill in east Tennessee is worse disaster of its kind in American history. Despite promises of clean-up by TVA, not much has been done for local residents or the environment.
|
|
© 1999–2008 Philadelphia Independent Media Center |
|
Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by PhillyIMC.
|