What a Week in Washington

Posted March 17, 2010 in The Understory

Last week I went to Washington DC, along with 200 other folks from 27 US states. We were all there to tell Congress to end mountaintop removal and pass the…

Atlanta Activists to EPA Region 4: No New MTR Permits!!!

Posted March 1, 2010 in The Understory

Today the EPA’s two regional offices that have jurisdiction over new mountaintop removal coal mining permits got visits by RAN activists. Atlanta’s Region 4 office oversees new MTR permits in…

Fight MTR in Atlanta On March 1st

Posted February 23, 2010 in The Understory

Reposted from It’s Getting Hot In Here By Matt Wilkerson If you live in the Southeast and want to do something for the struggle against mountaintop removal coal mining come…

Take Action! Protect Communities from Dangerous Coal Ash

Posted January 29, 2010 in The Understory

Take action today and demand that the EPA regulate coal ash and other coal combustion wastes as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Tennessee…

Philly Activists Demand Lisa Jackson Save Coal River Mountain

Posted November 10, 2009 in The Understory

Sunday, November 8th, 2009- Philly activists protested and flyered today outside the Opening Session of the American Public Health Association’s 137 Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where EPA…

We Need 86 Mountains Because……

Posted September 9, 2009 in The Understory

A small group of anti-mountaintop removal activists went to the EPA’s regional office in Philadelphia (one of two offices where decisions are made on MTR permits) and took creative action….