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• Wilderness Makes West Virginia Wonderful

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 627
  Scene from West Virginias Monongahela National Forest Wilderness. Image credit: Wilderness Society West Virginia is more than deserving of its state slogan: "Wild and Wonderful." It boasts Ancient mountains, untamed rivers, caves, culture, and much more.Whats bizarre to me, however, is that the West Virginia ...
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• Hippies Vs. Thugs And Purple Mountains Majesty

  
  Alternative Health, Natural, Environmental & Organic News Blog — Authority: 122
  Remember when I wrote on December 3 about “The Adventures of Green Grandpa” ? Well it turns out the old guy was right about a lot – or at least riding a massive wave of controversy, about to break in the country’s high court. The uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining which involves the blowing the tops ...
  3 days ago

• Dude Review: Avatar

  
  A Dude's Guide — Authority: 127
  by Richard Dudes, I have been to the mountain top and returned with a revelation. I have had an epiphany. Or, to quote Joliet Jake Blues, “I have seen the %^$^%$ ^&%%&ing light!” Yes, this movie really is that good. Of course, I’m talking about Avatar , the new blockbuster movie by James Cameron. ...
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• Support the Appalachia Restoration Act, S. 696

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  From ilovemountains.org - In 1977, The Clean Water Act was enacted by Congress to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters.” For 25 years, the Clean Water Act (CWA) allowed for the granting of permits to place “fill material” into waters of the United ...
  4 days ago

• Best London theater, 2009

  
  Life in the Cheap Seats - Webcowgirl's London theatre reviews — Authority: 416
  While I’ve still got three more shows before the season’s entirely over, I feel confident that I can now get the “what was the best” posts out of the way (complete list of shows here , grand total estimated to be 116). Best dance, best musical/drama are my categories, as well as a few special celebrations and ...
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• Coal-to-Liquid, A Bad Deal

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  It comes as no surprise that a coal-to-liquids plant is on the slate for West Virginia. I’ve been reading articles lately about the proposed plant for Mingo County .  A word of advice – if you are opposed to the devastating effects of mountaintop removal coal mining, you better not take this lying down. The ...
  5 days ago

• Obama in Oslo: Nonviolence is the Strongest Weapon

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  I was saddened by our president’s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. He missed a chance to witness to courage and leadership. True, Mr. Obama was awarded the prize and did not seek it for himself. However, even the…
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• Wind Farm or Coal Mine? You Decide . . .

  
  Endangered Spaces blog — Authority: 119
  Please watch a video about an alternative to mountain top mining in Appalachia. Read more and take action at CoalRiverWind.org Tags: wind farm , mountaintop mining , take action , coal river wind org
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• Who is really to blame?

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  Coal Company Cuts 500 Jobs in West Virginia, Blames Environmentalists If an innocent bystander is in court testifying to a murder he or she witnessed, is the bystander guilty of murder? Blaming these layoffs on the environmentalists/residents is like the murderer trying to convince a jury he is completely ...
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• Coal Country

  
  Coarse Cracked Corn — Authority: 119
  We usually dont think of the Shenandoah Valley as being part of coal county. But, there is some coal in our mountains and "Nationwide Permit 21," which governs mountaintop removal coal mining , extends into areas generally seen as part of the Valley - all the way to Rockbridge and Bath counties. With that in mind and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Coal Company Cuts 500 Jobs in West Virginia, Blames Environmentalists

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 783
  Filed under: Environment Pittsburgh-based CONSOL Energy announced this week that it plans to lay off 500 worker in West Virginia because of environmental regulation and litigation. The layoffs could come in early 2010 and will affect workers of the Little Eagle and Fola coal companies near Bickmore, W.Va. "It ...
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• RFK Jr – It’s A Crime

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  From the rally at the WV Department of Environmental Protection. Patchwork Films
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• Endmtr.com, Two Years Later

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  In January of 2008 I wrote this mission statement for the blog. What do I hope to accomplish? Plan A – Education and Awareness I’m here to make you aware of MTR and some things you can do from the comfort of your computer chair to help. I think with the obvious negative impacts and enough awareness everything ...
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• A surprise visit on ninth day of Roland’s fast

  
  Climate Ground Zero — Authority: 124
  A good day. There were many people going by, as the legislature was in session. Quite a few people either gave me signals of encouragement as they walked by, and others stopped to personally express their sympathies. Vince Pawloski, the guy from Tucson who’s been fasting for over 40 days, paid me an interesting ...
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• Coal River Mountain, WV DEP, & Copenhagen

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  As climate talks began in Copenhagen today, a rally to save Coal River Mountain was being held in front of West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection. Activists from all across the region and other parts of the country called on the WV DEP to stop the blasting by Massey Energy on Coal River Mountain. ...
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• Coal River Mountain, WV DEP, & Copenhagen

  
  STOP Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining — Authority: 114
  As climate talks began in Copenhagen today, a rally to save Coal River Mountain was being held in front of West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection. Activists from all across the region and other parts of the country called on the WV DEP to stop the blasting by Massey Energy on Coal River Mountain. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kennedy calls mountaintop removal mining a crime

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 165
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia is a crime, and that if the American people could see it, there would be a revolution.
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• FPR: Thanksgiving

  
  Front Porch Radio with Julie Norris — Authority: 111
  Henry & Amber Melendy and Sandra Diaz join us for an informal conversation about what’s going on in and around Orlando.
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• A Charleston day…

  
  Thoughts and Ruminations — Authority: 112
  In the lectionary today,I read in Psalm 145.It is a prayer of thankfulness.It is a celebration of God’s character.The author proclaims,“The Lord is good to all,he has compassion over all He has made.”As I read this,it seems the Lord is concerned for ALL the relationships he put into place.Yes, the breath the ...
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• Agendas

  
  The Goat Rope — Authority: 125
  Random animal picture. Many Americans at one time or another were taught in public school a little bit about "how a bill becomes law." The textbook version leaves out a lot of the chaos, messiness and such. As a bit of a policy wonk, I find this kind of thing fascinating, but the subject really matters to lots of ...
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