<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>iLoveMountains.org</title>
	<atom:link href="http://ilovemountains.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://ilovemountains.org</link>
	<description>END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 20:53:31 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Spruce Mine Veto Overturned&#8211;Take Action Now!</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2245</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2245#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the 104,000 supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Last year, you contributed to a major victory for Appalachia when the Environmental Protection Agency decided to veto the Spruce Mine in West Virginia &#8212; one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2245/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TN Senate Dodges Historic Vote</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2147</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2147#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Last night, in a calculated act of political cowardice, the Tennessee Senate voted 19-14 to further delay the Scenic Vistas Protection Act &#8212; a bill that has been active for more than 5 years &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2147/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apply Today! Week in Washington June 2-6th, 2012</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2243</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2243#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the 104,000 supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Registration is now live for our 2012 End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington this June 2-6th, 2012! Click here to apply today! If you are seeking a scholarship, the deadline is Friday, April 6th. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2243/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>URGENT: Don&#8217;t Let Big Coal Poison Virginia&#8217;s Groundwater!</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2150</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2150#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Last week we called on many of you to take action to protect the health of Virginia&#8217;s groundwater from attacks by the coal industry, and now we need you to take action again. A bill, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2150/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mountaintop Removal and Job Creation: Exploring the Relationship Using Spatial Regression</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/studies/2086</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/studies/2086#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The authors focus on the impacts of MTR on the quality of life of residents in central Appalachia through increased employment. This paper addresses the argument by many policymakers that despite the environmental impacts, MTR contributes to local economies through job creation and retention. The authors used “socio-spatial analysis” to investigate MTR&#8217;s impact on employment [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/studies/2086/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tennesseans Launch Statewide Television Ad Campaign to Protect Our Mountains</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2083</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2083#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mountaintop Removal is Destroying Our Proud Mountains. Now TN is Fighting Back. Advocates of the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act are raising the bar with a powerful new television ad asking Tennesseans to contact their state elected officials in support of the bill. The ad will be running statewide on Fox News, with heavy buys [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2083/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Tool Reveals “The Human Cost” of Mountaintop Removal</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/press/2054</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/press/2054#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Room]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[iLoveMountains.org Uses Scientific Data to Show Negative Health Effects of Destructive Mining Practice - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; - - CONTACTS: For I Love Mountains Day: Jerry Hardt, jhardt@kftc.org, 502-439-6884 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/press/2054/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mapping the Human Cost of Coal: check out our innovative map</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/1997</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/1997#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=1997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to more than 100,000 supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Today more than 1,200 people are gathering in Frankfort, Ky., to celebrate I Love Mountains Day and call for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining, a destructive practice that has shortened lifespans [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/1997/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Call Arch Coal TODAY: Save Blair Mountain from Mountaintop Removal Mining</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2050</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2050#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mountaintop removal coal mining is destroying the mountains and threatening the health and lives of communities across Appalachia. But people in Appalachia are standing up and today they need your support. Residents of Blair, West Virginia have noticed increased activity from mining company Arch Coal around Blair Mountain &#8212; site of the largest labor uprising [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2050/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Support the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2046</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2046#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the supporters of iLoveMountains.org who live in Tennessee. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. In 2012, with your help, Tennessee can become the first state to ban mountaintop removal coal mining! Our elected officials in Nashville will consider a bipartisan bill called the “Tennessee Scenic [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2046/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Show The Last Mountain Movie at your holiday party, for free!</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2042</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2042#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for the overwhelming response! We have reached our goal of 350 house parties across the country! This action is now closed but stay tuned for more opportunities to take action to end mountaintop removal! The following email was sent to the 100,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2042/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Poll: Appalachian People Strongly Oppose Mountaintop Removal</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/all/935</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/all/935#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ALL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Poll: Appalachian People Strongly Oppose Mountaintop Removal A new poll commissioned by Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Earth Justice and the Sierra Club shows overwhelming support for ending mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachian coal mining states. Conducted by two bipartisan firms, the poll has revealed that 57% of informed voters oppose the practice, versus 20% [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/all/935/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Virginia Rising: Take Action Today</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2038</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2038#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the 100,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Today Virginians who live at the base of Ison Rock Ridge, a mountain threatened by a pending mountaintop removal permit, have been joined by hundreds from across the region for Virginia Rising: The Rally [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/2038/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Virginia Rising: Rally to save Ison Rock Ridge next Wednesday!</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/894</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/894#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/news/894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Only one week left until we gather in Washington DC at the Environmental Protection Agency to demand protection for Ison Rock Ridge! Will you join us on November 16th? In Wise County Virginia, a mountain known [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/894/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cumulative impacts of mountaintop mining on an Appalachian watershed</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/studies/2186</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/studies/2186#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/?p=2186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mountaintop mining is the dominant form of coal mining and the largest driver of land cover change in the central Appalachians. The waste rock from these surface mines is disposed of in the adjacent river valleys, leading to a burial of headwater streams and dramatic increases in salinity and trace metal concentrations immediately downstream. In [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/studies/2186/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Virginia Rising: DC Rally to save Ison Rock Ridge Nov 16th!</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/893</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/893#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/news/893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. In Wise County Virginia, a mountain known as Ison Rock Ridge is slated to be destroyed by a 1,200 acre mountaintop removal coal mine. Ison Rock Ridge sits above five small communities made up of 1,800 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/893/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blair Mountain Community Center and Museum Opens</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/892</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/892#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/news/892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A note from Chuck Keeney, Secretary of the Friends of Blair Mountain: Since the &#8220;March on Blair Mountain: Appalachia is Rising&#8221; event, some coal industry executives have claimed that if our preservation efforts succeed and Blair Mountain is spared from mountaintop removal, the &#8220;fabric of the community&#8221; will be destroyed. We at Friends of Blair [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/892/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Spread the News! Appalachians overwhelmingly oppose mountaintop removal</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/891</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/891#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/news/891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the 100,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Great news! This week we received the results of a public opinion poll that confirms that voters in Appalachia overwhelmingly want to end mountaintop removal and strengthen protections provided by the Clean Water Act. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/891/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BREAKING: New Poll Finds that Appalachian People Strongly Oppose Mountaintop Removal</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/888</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/888#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/news/888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Controversial Appalachian politicians promoting mountaintop removal are in the vast minority in their own states Joe Lovett, as he is known to do, says it best: There is unfortunately a fundamental disconnect between what voters want and what our elected officials are giving us&#8230;We think that our Representatives, like Rahall and Capitom should be urging [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/888/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fact-Checking CNN&#8217;s New Documentary about Mountaintop Removal: the &#8220;Jobs vs Environment&#8221; Frame is Dead Wrong Once Again</title>
		<link>http://ilovemountains.org/news/887</link>
		<comments>http://ilovemountains.org/news/887#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ilovemountains.org/news/887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, CNN premiered an hour-long documentary by Soledad O&#8217;Brien on the battle to save historic Blair Mountain in West Virginia from destruction by mountaintop removal coal mining. Blair Mountain, site of the second largest armed insurrection in American history, is also one of the most important historical sites for organized labor in the country. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ilovemountains.org/news/887/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

