NASA Photos Reveal True Impact of Mountaintop Removal Mining
Satellite photos recently released by NASA illustrate the real impacts of mountaintop removal (MTR) mining in Appalachia. They were taken between 1984 and 2009 at the Hobet mine site in…
Atlanta Activists to EPA Region 4: No New MTR Permits!!!
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…
Rebranding of Chase as Mountaintop Removal Financier Goes Viral
Last Thursday, Rainforest Action Network along with several online allies including 350.org, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Waterkeeper Alliance, the Ruckus Society and others re-branded JP Morgan Chase in social…
Internet to Chase: Stop Destroying the Mountains
JP Morgan Chase is the biggest U.S. financier of mountaintop removal. They have financial relationships with the poster child of mountaintop removal, Massey Energy. That means their money is funds…
Obama: make green jobs the No. 1 priority in Appalachia
Listening to the Obama’s State of the Union address last night, I was encouraged to hear that job creation is the President’s number one priority for 2010. Well, here is…
JPMorgan Chase’s Carnival of Destruction
This morning RAN, the New York Action Network, the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Sierra Club organized a “Carnival of Destruction” outside JPMorgan Chase’s mid-town Manhattan headquarters. Scores of protesters gathered…
JPMorgan Chase’s Carnival of Destruction
This morning RAN, the New York Action Network, the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Sierra Club organized a “Carnival of Destruction” outside JPMorgan Chase’s mid-town Manhattan headquarters. Scores of protesters gathered…
JPMorgan Chase’s Carnival of Destruction
This morning RAN, the New York Action Network, the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Sierra Club organized a “Carnival of Destruction” outside JPMorgan Chase’s mid-town Manhattan headquarters. Scores of protesters gathered…
Appalachian Journey: A Supporter’s Perspective, by Sue Thompson
I recently went on a trip with two awesome people from Rainforest Action Network, Branden Barber and Debra Erenberg, to visit Appalachia country in West Virginia. The purpose of the…
Activists show support for EPA decision but demand more
Wednesday, September 30th, the Environmental Protection Agency released a list of 79 pending mountaintop removal permits that will be held for further review. While the decision signals a strong first step,…
