New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Clean Water Act – In Mountaintop Removal States
A new poll released yesterday of likely voters in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia shows widespread opposition to mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining and overwhelming support for enforcement of…
EPA Visits Mountain(top Removal) In Kentucky
On Tuesday I went to the town of Hazard in Perry County, Kentucky. It’s a surreal-looking place, if you get up out of the valley onto any viewpoint the panorama…
King Coal Ready to Ante-Up for Elections
Earlier this year, the supreme court ruled in the “Citizens United” case that corporations can spend unlimited funds on candidate elections. The coal industry is getting set to take advantage….
A Safer New School for the Children of Marsh Fork Elementary
So happy to get some good news from the Coal River Valley this week. Marsh Fork Elementary School, will be moved to a safer location. West Virginia Governor Manchin held…