Close Topic Options

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

"We Are Tearing Down Our Mountains": Photojournalist Antrim Caskey on West Virginia's Fight Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

The Environmental Protection Agency took a significant step last week toward blocking one of Appalachia's largest and most disputed mountaintop removal coal mines. On Friday the EPA proposed a veto of the Clean Water Act permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Spruce No. 1 Mine in West Virginia. Earlier this month, we interviewed Antrim Caskey, a photojournalist who has been chronicling the nonviolent fight against mountaintop removal coal mining. Her new book is Dragline. Ref. Source 6

Mining Coal Removal Mountaintop

I disagree with the use of strip mining or mountain top removal. I would like to find a cheaper cleaner way of producing electricity without the need to burn coal.

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining History & Civil Business Politics

Appalachia Rising: 100 Arrested at White House Calling for End to Mountaintop Coal Removal

Over 100 people were arrested outside the White House on Monday in a protest calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal coal mining. The rally was part of Appalachia Rising, a multi-day event organized by residents of Appalachian communities impacted by mountaintop removal. The protesters were detained after refusing to leave the sidewalk outside the White House fence. The NASA climatologist James Hansen was among those arrested. We speak to journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers. Ref. Source 3