Comments on: What is mountaintop removal coal mining? http://ilovemountains.org END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA! Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:08:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 By: A Local Watchdog’s Checklist for Tackling Environmental Issues In Your Own Backyard | Olduvai.caOlduvai.ca http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2510933 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:08:20 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2510933 […] and high ground, but the dominant coal and chemical industries wreak havoc on the landscape by blowing up mountains for coal and underinvesting in safety equipment such that their products and waste poisons the […]

]]> By: Green Coal? http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2420961 Sat, 01 Aug 2015 16:41:12 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2420961 […] waste is created for every ton of coal mined. In Appalachia, where 7% of U.S. coal is mined, 450 mountains have been destroyed by mountain-top- removal coal mining. So far, 700 miles of streams have been filled in (destroyed) […]

]]> By: 50,000 people tell the Senate to protect people, not polluters - Greenpeace USA http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2391232 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:41:59 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2391232 […] such as John Rockefeller and Mitch McConnell who represent West Virginia and Kentucky, where hundreds of Appalachian peaks have been leveled. We visited the offices of Senators like Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jim Inhofe […]

]]> By: Solar Energy, a homeowner's story http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2391210 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:12:15 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2391210 […] with fossil fuels that have brought us to the brink of environmental disaster, destroyed more than 500 mountains across Appalachia, and brought catastrophic melting to the Arctic ice cap which has regulated earth's climate for a […]

]]> By: Solar Energy, a homeowner's story http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2391211 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:12:15 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2391211 […] with fossil fuels that have brought us to the brink of environmental disaster, destroyed more than 500 mountains across Appalachia, and brought catastrophic melting to the Arctic ice cap which has regulated earth's climate for a […]

]]> By: Corporate Polluters Are Violent Racists | All-len-All http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2390128 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:29:53 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2390128 […] Appalachia coal country, more than 1.2 million acres of land have been destroyed in a process that is referred to as surface mining. More than 500 mountains have been destroyed due […]

]]> By: Where I’m from | http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2295815 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 03:06:39 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2295815 […] heritage and geographical beauty, and has been outspoken against the destructive practice of Mountaintop removal (strip) mining. She wrote a children’s book titled Which Side Are You On? The Story of a Song — about […]

]]> By: Do We Worship the God of Lost Causes? - Views from the Pews http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2290472 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:46:07 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2290472 […] I Love Mountains Day brings citizens from all over the state of Kentucky to the Capitol building in Frankfort where they attempt, so far in vain, to persuade state lawmakers to stop allowing the death and devastation that befalls their fellow Kentuckians who have the misfortune to be caught in the path of mountaintop removal coal mining. This website explains the issue: ilovemountains.org/resources. […]

]]> By: Have We Learned Anything from Buffalo Creek? | Appalachian Chronicle http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-2215140 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:23:27 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-2215140 […] death and destruction resulting from Mountaintop Removal is thoroughly documented here and elsewhere. I have written here about at least a dozen reasons that fracking is bad for all […]

]]> By: A Memory of Mountains | Leigh's Wordsmithery http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-1485482 Mon, 26 May 2014 17:01:21 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-1485482 […] More about Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining,” by the I Love Mountains […]

]]> By: Cowboys and Indians, Part 2 | The Climate Emergency http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-1411807 Tue, 06 May 2014 01:54:22 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-1411807 […] somebody is going to be in the way of extraction, transport, and processing: Appalachian communities devastated by mountain-top removal mining; people able to light their tap water on fire because of fracking; killer smogs caused by coal […]

]]> By: 5 Photos That Show Why Barclays Bank Must Stop Financing Mountain Destruction » Rainforest Action Network Blog http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-1373749 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:21:30 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-1373749 […] Hundreds of thousands of acres of beautiful mountains and forest are being destroyed in central Appalachia by companies using MTR. […]

]]> By: Morgantown Problems | Should We Kick PNC Out of the Mountainlair? http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-1047614 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:49:44 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-1047614 […] are a few examples. All of them use Mountaintop Removal, a high-impact form of mining that has a disastrous effect on the environment. MTR ruins streams, pollutes groundwater, destroys animal habitat and damages the health of local […]

]]> By: Can Grassroots Campagins Boost the Climate Movement? | Mobilizing Ideas http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-1032721 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:46:12 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-1032721 […] fields of West Virginia where mining practices have also been transformed by technology, those of Mountaintop Removal (MTR). Mobilization against MTR has been occurring for many years in states such as West Virginia, […]

]]> By: Death By Coal: MTR Spells Disaster According to Duke University Study | Raging Chicken Press http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-1010836 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:12:15 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-1010836 […] residents of areas where MTR is prevalent have claimed that it causes an increase in flooding.  A recent study showed that seven percent of Appalachian forests have been cut down and over 1,200 miles of streams […]

]]> By: Quilted Matter | Blog @KMACMuseum http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-910793 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:14:53 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-910793 […] the tops of mountains are removed, exposing the seams of coal. Read more about Mountaintop Removal HERE. She has said, “I’ve noticed how the land existed around the highway, changed by […]

]]> By: Not so ‘Wild and Wonderful West Virginia’ | pghenvironmental http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-846487 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:47:06 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-846487 […] Appalachian Voices. (n.d.) End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Retrieved at http://ilovemountains.org/resources#mtrenvironment […]

]]> By: EPA Nominee Gina McCarthy Will Face Questions on Coal Policy http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-779011 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:02:17 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-779011 […] at McCarthy after a personal pre-hearing meeting with the nominee, but his own home state region of Appalachia provides ample evidence that coal can kill off its own jobs without any help from crazy-eyed […]

]]> By: Gaia’s Mastectomy: Removing the Mountaintop | ekoffenb22 http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-731306 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:49:38 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-731306 […] End Mountaintop Removal Action and Resource Center. What is mountaintop removal?. In Learn more about mountain top removal coal mining. http://www.ilovemountains.org/resources […]

]]> By: Cooperation is Key | Sustainable You… http://ilovemountains.org/resources#comment-720353 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:18:58 +0000 http://apv/resources/#comment-720353 […] http://ilovemountains.org/resources […]

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