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Supporting Appalachian Communities

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Mountaintop Removal

A destroyed mountaintop after the Mountaintop Removal process.

Today would have been Larry Gibson’s 67th birthday. I only met him a few times, but he was the kind of person that met just about everyone — and stamped a deep impression on you. So, we wanted to take today to do something that would have been the right thing to do by Larry.

As people rally in Charleston, WV to save Blair Mountain and stop Mountaintop Removal (MTR) altogether, we thought we’d make our position clear – that Mountaintop Removal mining must stop immediately. Continue reading →

From Kentucky to DC: Stop Mountaintop Removal

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UPDATE: Appalachia Rising is posting statements from coal state constituents arrested in Washington, DC sit-ins today at Congressional offices for Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia.

From Guest Blogger Harrison Kirby of Louisville, KY, cross-posted from We Are Powershift on June 5, 2012.

“We aren’t evil, I promise,” said the evil congressman’s intern after he said he couldn’t help stop mountaintop removal coal mining. If you ever become a congressional intern and you find yourself in a situation where you must clarify that you are not in fact a villain, you are probably doing something wrong. If that terrible offense is mountaintop removal mining, you are definitely wrong. Continue reading →