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	<title>iLoveMountains.org</title>
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	<description>END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA!</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Alliance for Appalachia Celebrates Historic &#8220;Week in Washington&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/694</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Record participation moves legislation closer to passage
Last week, the Alliance for Appalachia put on our largest lobby week ever to end mountaintop removal. More than 200 participants from 27 states came to tell Congress to end mountaintop removal and pass the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310) and the Appalachia Restoration Act (S 696). Citizens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Groups Against Mountaintop Removal</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/693</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coalition comprised of 28 Christian groups sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding that the organization take action to end mountaintop removal through the restoration of the Clean Water Act&#8217;s protections.
 &#8220;As part of our call to be stewards of creation, we have a duty to use the land responsibly, to manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We need your help to bring an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. Today.</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/692</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sent to the 40,600 supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here.
This week, more than 200 citizens from Appalachia and across the U.S. are gathering in our nation&#8217;s capital as part of our 5th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington.
They will be meeting with members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A participants take on our nations capitol</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/691</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/691#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marsha Johnston
A citizen participant in the Alliance for Appalachia&#8217;s annual Week in Washington

Over 200 citizen lobbyists from as far away as California and Oregon converged on Washington, DC this weekend to push Congress to pass legislation in 2010 that will put an end to mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Our excitement built throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weak Water Legislation Leaves Waterways Vulnerable</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/690</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/690#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to unclear rulings by the Supreme Court regarding the Clean Water Act, the EPA&#8217;s hands are tied on some waterways. 
Loopholes and gray areas are leaving waterways unprotected and pollution rates are on the rise.
&#8220;&#8230;Midlevel E.P.A. officials said that internal studies indicated that as many as 45 percent of major polluters might be either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Find that Selenium Pollution is Damaging</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/689</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selenium, one of the pollutants related to mountaintop removal coal mining, poses serious health risks to both aquatic life and human life.
“We&#8217;re killing fish right now with selenium pollution from mountaintop removal mining. Toxic levels of selenium were found in 73 of 78 stream samples. The threat is expanding as use of this destructive process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perry County Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/688</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As coal ash is shipped from Kingston, Tenn., the site of TVA&#8217;s coal ash disaster, to the Arrowhead Landfill, in Uniontown, Ala., controversy continues to rise over what scholars call, an environmental injustice. 
According to the EPA,  environmental justice is the &#8220;fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Saves Mountains</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/684</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Natural Resources Defense Council is sponsoring &#8220;Music Saves Mountains,&#8221;  (link: http://www.musicsavesmountains.org/) a concert dedicated to raising awareness about mountaintop removal.
The concert, hosted on May 19 at 8 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., will feature artists such as Ben Sollee, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, and Kathy Mattea. 
Tickets go on sale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OVEC Plans to Buy Land to Stop Mountaintop Removal</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/687</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/687#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OVEC is trying to buy land in Twilight in Boone County, W.Va., in order to prevent a coal company from purchasing the land for mountaintop removal. The land includes two houses, seven buildings, a little over nine acres and the mineral rights to all of it.




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		<title>Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey &#038; the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/686</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act (S. 1406/H.R. 899), would limit the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) from approving certain types of surface mining permits based on outlined conditions. The bill was introduced to the Tennessee House of Representatives by Reps. Bill Dunn and Michael Ray, while Sens. Bill Ketron and Doug Jackson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veteran Joins a Different Battle</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/685</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/685#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Army veteran returns from war abroad and finds that his home has suffered a similar destruction.
&#8221; I expected such images of destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. But not in West Virginia.
Yet the ugly reality of mountaintop removal coal mining is what greeted me on my return home after a year-long tour in Iraq. Seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Advocacy Mapping All-Stars</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/683</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/683#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iLoveMountains.org was praised for the way that we implement GIS and satellite photos as educational tools about mountaintop removal in &#8220;The Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS* and Online Mapping,&#8221; by MapTogether.org.
MapTogether.org says,  &#8220;&#8230;the site has been recognized by Google Earth Outreach and many other organizations as a pioneering implementer of GIS for advocacy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win $5,000 in The Dirty Lie Video Contest: Coal, Lies and Video Tape</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/682</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/682#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from the Waterkeeper Alliance:
In celebration of The Dirty Lie’s first birthday, Waterkeeper Alliance is hosting a contest to find the best short video telling the world that clean coal is nothing but a dirty lie. Be creative, we are looking for out-of-the-box submissions that showcase coal’s dirty lies and your talents! Potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Coal Ash Damage Report</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/681</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/681#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest report detailing damages to water supplies by toxic coal ash.  The snippit below is from the Appalachian Voices&#8217; Watauga Riverkeeper blog:
In hopes of encouraging the EPA to come out with overdue regulations on the handling of coal ash, EIP and Earth Justice with help from the Appalachian Voices Watauga Riverkeeper team released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Good Energy Stewardship” Program Kicks Off</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/680</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/680#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from our friends at Kilowatt Ours:
&#8220;As we practice good stewardship of our abundant natural resources, we prosper.  As we prosper, the planet heals.&#8221; Jeff Barrie

I have never been more excited about my work. Today, Kilowatt Ours launches our &#8220;Good Energy Stewardship Program&#8221; with a mission to help you reduce energy usage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Club: new leader and increased focus on mountaintop removal</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/676</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/676#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Brune will soon become the Executive Director of the Sierra Club.  Besides being a great leader, Mike brings another important thing to the table: an understanding and dislike for the ills of the coal industry, especially mountaintop removal coal mining.  We just loved this line:
Also at the top of Brune&#8217;s first-year hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study says that terrestrial arbon impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining are significant. Duh!</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/679</link>
		<comments>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/679#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study released by the University of Kentucky (through the American Chemical Society), says that, &#8220;Contrary to conventional wisdom, the life-cycle emissions of coal production for MCM methods were found to be quite significant when considering the potential terrestrial source.&#8221;
Her is the executive summary:
The Southern Appalachian forest region of the U.S.—a region responsible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protestors Occupy Marfork Coal Co.’s Office in Response to Mounting Violations</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/678</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report from Ken Ward Jr.
The press release from climate ground zero
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		<title>Put Chase On The Run: Social Media Day of Action</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/673</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Rainforest Action Network.  Please join in this Thursday, February 18th
JP Morgan Chase is the biggest U.S. financier of mountaintop removal coal mining, the practice of blowing apart mountain peaks to cheaply access coal below the surface.
Rainforest Action Network has repeatedly asked Chase to quit funding mountaintop removal. Chase has refused. In response, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New GAO report documents mountaintop removal damage</title>
		<link>http://www.ilovemountains.org/news/677</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office released another report about mountaintop removal coal mining.  Naturally Ken Ward Jr. released his own well research article 15 minutes later:
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (the GAO) has released its second major report on mountaintop removal coal mining in the last three months. (See previous post here).
Today’s report, Financial [...]]]></description>
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