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Thursday, January 26th at 19:27 An Update from the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Kim Montroll
Monday, January 23rd at 21:17Thanks for your inspiring & challenging spirits and presentations at Festival Center in DC. We all look forward to learning more. Gratitude and respect for your work on behalf of so many.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Thursday, January 12th at 19:33 This is a road to ruin. The goal is to destroy mountains, remove coal, build a 4 lane highway in a remote rural area in order to move MTR coal faster so that it can be burned in unnecessary coal plants. While emitting mercury. Just say no to the Coalfields Expressway. The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Keep The Ban on Uranium Mining in VA Sierra Club NOVA Hub Virginia Clean Cities Virginia Alliance for a Cleaner Environment Virginia Organizing Project Keep Virginia Beautiful Virginia Energy Sense ilovemountains.org
Barbara Woodall
Wednesday, January 11th at 17:17 Gaining speed in our mountains. From the land of Foxfire. Edited by Virginia native, Laurie Brunson Altieri
It's Not My Mountain Anymore | First hand accounts of profound experiences and mountain living.
“It’s Not My Mountain Anymore” is a dose of pure reality, capturing the rhythm of the mountains, my family and our traditions with resonant sensitivity.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Saturday, January 7th at 13:20 A tribute to the life and work of community activist and outspoken mountain mama, Judy Bonds, who passed away a year ago this week. Bless you Judy. Kathy Mattea "My Coal Journey" Tribute Page Working Class Heroes The Owl Report EcoWatch Occupy Mountains Appalachia Rising The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club NOVA Hub Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light Appalachian Mountain Advocates
Appalachia’s Patron Saint
By Jason Howard I’ll never forget the first time I laid eyes on her—not in some holler deep in West Virginia, her native state, but in Manhattan, of all places. It was May 2007, and I was th...
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Monday, December 26th at 13:37 Check out the beautiful new look of our website!
Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards | Protecting the Mountains of Southwest Virginia
At our insistent urging, EPA officials visited Appalachia Va on Tuesday (10/25) to see our home and hear our stories. We grow stronger with every demand!… Read the rest
Li Lightfoot
Saturday, December 24th at 17:46 Appalachia Rising The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards -- This man needs to be soundly defeated.
Denny Rehberg Gets Mining Industry Backing in Montana Senate Bid
Representative Denny Rehberg of Montana has been an aggressive advocate for the coal and minerals mining industry, a big employer in Montana.
Eco-Justice Programs of the National Council of Churches
Wednesday, December 21st at 17:47 Just wanted to share this op ed piece published today in the Roanoke Times. It is by Rev. Greg Griffey. "Mountaintop removal undoes sacred space in a region where churches like Big Rock Creek Baptist, Buckeye Hollow Pentecostal Holiness and Crabtree United Methodist are named, not after saints or even biblical places, but after the landscape of the Appalachian Mountains themselves. When trees, creeks, ridges and "hollers" disappear, so do the stories of the churches named by the land. In a region where life, family and faith are intimately connected to the land, mountaintop removal erases storied identities that have defined my people for years."
Chris DeVelbiss Bantz
Monday, November 21st at 10:59 Apparently he didn't hear us when we went to his Dirty Energy Conference! We need to join together to get this man out of office ASAP!
ICVL eyes coal mining opportunity in Virginia, USA
The Governor was accompanied by Virginia’s Secretary of Commerce & Trade James S. Cheng and State Treasurer Ms Manju S. Ganeriwala.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Monday, November 21st at 22:51 Yes, Kids Love Mountains, too! Ana, a young Mountain Lover, created this website to help stop mountaintop removal. We wanted to share this with you because it'is a fantastic website and demonstrates the engagement of our youth. Go kids! We love you too! Sierra Club NOVA Hub Sierra Club Activist Network The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards ilovemountains.org End Mountaintop Removal Now Quit Coal EcoWatch VA Sierra Club Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club Keep Virginia Beautiful
Occupy Mountains
Sunday, November 20th at 13:20 An AWESOME ACTION this week where citizens from across Appalachia came out in solidarity to speak out & support OUR mountains! Mountain Top Coal Removal is the ultimate crime against nature. EPA do your JOB!!! Save Ison Rock. Share the solidarity Occupy Together Occupy Wall St. OccupyDC K St Occupy DC Occupy Washington DC Occupy Kentucky Occupy the EPA The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Occupy Richmond Echoes of the Occupation
Virginians Rally at EPA to Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining
Hundreds of Virginians and citizens from across the region gathered on November 16 at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., to raise their voices against a proposed mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mine that would destroy Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County,...
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Saturday, November 19th at 12:41 An AWESOME event this week where citizens from across Appalachia came out in solidarity to speak out & support OUR mountains! Mountain Top Coal Removal is the ultimate crime against nature. EPA do your JOB!!! Save Ison Rock. Share the solidarity The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club NOVA Hub Chesapeake Climate Action Network Occupy Mountains Occupy the EPA This Is What Democracy Looks Like Appalachia Rising Occupy DC The Owl Report EcoWatch
Virginians Rally at EPA to Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining
Hundreds of Virginians and citizens from across the region gathered on November 16 at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., to raise their voices against a proposed mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mine that would destroy Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County,...
Joanne Golden Hill
Saturday, November 19th at 11:02 Joanne (ME) telling about My Family cemeteries on Ison Rock Ridge
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Friday, November 18th at 15:2726,300 messages to the EPA in the past 2 days about Ison Rock Ridge and ending mountaintop removal? YUP, WE GOT 'EM! :-)
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Friday, November 18th at 15:26 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/mountaintop-mining-foes-stage-rally/2011/11/16/gIQAHsOlRN_blog.html?wprss=virginia-politics
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Friday, November 18th at 15:26 http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/nov/16/activists-residents-rallying-against-wise-county-m-ar-1463654/
Activists, residents rallying against Wise County mine
Activists and residents from Virginia's coalfields are heading to Washington and the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency to oppose a mountaintop removal proposal in the state's far southwest corner.
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Friday, November 18th at 15:25 http://sierraclub.typepad.com/scrapbook/2011/11/virginians-rally-at-epa-to-stop-mountaintop-removal-mining.html
Virginians Rally at EPA to Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining - Scrapbook
Hundreds of Virginians and citizens from across the region gathered on November 16 at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., to raise their voices against a proposed mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mine that would destroy Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County,...
Amy Leigh Hubbard
Thursday, November 17th at 10:14 We invite past and current grantees to join our group. It's to be a place for idea sharing and capacity building!
EcoWatch
Tuesday, November 15th at 18:43 Online Auction for Mountaintop Removal Mining Film, A Thousand Little Cuts - Jeff Biggers - http://ecowatch.org/a/194480 EcoWatch, Appalachian Voices, The Last Mountain, Energy Action Coalition, The Sierra Student Coalition, End Mountaintop Removal Now, Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now, Appalachia Rising, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
EcoWatch
Tuesday, November 15th at 13:42 Eight Arrested at Bank of America Headquarters Protesting Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - http://ecowatch.org/a/194533 EcoWatch
Occupy Mountains
Thursday, November 10th at 13:42 Join us next WED in DC in front of the EPA headquarters alongside community members from Wise County, VA to ask the EPA to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing. Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal! Occupy DC Occupy the EPA Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club NOVA Hub Occupy West Virginia Occupy Together Occupy The Environment Quit Coal Sierra Club Activist Network
Joanne Golden Hill
Tuesday, November 8th at 11:25Be sure to message me with the plans for the DC trip.
Appalachian Community Fund
Thursday, November 3rd at 12:05 We'd love you to 'like' us on facebook! Change, not charity.
Appalachian Community Fund
The Appalachian Community Fund (ACF) was founded in 1987 to bring new resources for grant funding to groups working for progressive social change in Central Appalachia (East Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia and West Virginia), and to be a sustainable resource base for community organizing and social change work in this region. In our 20-year history, we have awarded over $5 Million to more than 300 organizations working for justice. We pool resources from many sources including individuals, businesses, and foundations in order to provide critical financial support needed to help low-income people organizing themselves to address systemic problems of poverty, racism, and social inequity in their own communities and neighborhoods. We do this through: *Strategic grantmaking and technical assistance for community organizing efforts *Working with donors who are committed to social justice *Strengthening our region's capacity and leadership for social change ACF's office is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. We are governed by a regional board of directors made up of community leaders and residents of the four-state area in which we fund. Grantees, donors, allies, and board members make up the ACF network and community which helps guide our work and our community-controlled grantmaking.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Thursday, November 3rd at 10:27 Big Dirty Coal profits double. Will these profits benefit miners & the mountains? Of course not. Massey Coal takes murder to the bank. Occupy Mountains End Mountaintop Removal Now Appalachian Mountain Advocates Appalachia Rising The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club NOVA Hub Sierra Club Activist Network EcoWatch Quit Coal The Owl Report
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources 3Q profit more than doubles on Massey acquisition
RICHMOND, Va. — Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. said Thursday its profit more than doubled in the third quarter, as it benefited from its acquisition of rival Massey Energy Co. and higher prices for coal used to make steel.
Jason Johnson
Wednesday, October 26th at 21:22 Last week, SAMS took to the streets in Richmond after an 8 hour journey up the four lane. The cause was a Funeral for the Mountains. After numerous testimonials and effigies, the congregation of participants lead a funeral procession to the music of bagpipes. Meanwhile, the governor's energy conference -- a meeting about how coal is supposed to continue to support an impoverished and health endangered area -- was gathering inside the Richmond Convention Center. Here are some photos from the event courtesy of John Stines and myself: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.265173850192137.62128.100000985733998&type=3
Jason Johnson
Wednesday, October 26th at 21:11 The EPA came to visit Wise County, Virginia today. SAMs took them on a tour! Here are some photo's from the visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.265169593525896.62127.100000985733998&type=1
Jason Johnson
Wednesday, October 26th at 21:11 The EPA came to visit Wise County, Virginia today. SAMs took them on a tour! Here are some photo's from the visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.265169593525896.62127.100000985733998&type=1
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Tuesday, October 18th at 20:48 Our mountains are dying because of coal mining destruction. Occupy Mountains VA Sierra Club Sierra Club NOVA Hub Chesapeake Climate Action Network The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club Activist Network End Mountaintop Removal Now On Coal River Appalachia Rising ilovemountains.org l
‘Funeral’ for mined mountaintops planned at Virginia energy conference
Outside Gov. McDonnell’s energy conference, environmentalists to stage mock funeral for mountains lost to mountaintop coal mining.
Occupy Mountains
Monday, October 17th at 10:15 Just the hard facts on big, dirty coal. Occupy Mountains To Stop Coal Removal Devastation Now! Thanks End Mountaintop Removal Now ! Occupy Together Occupy West Virginia OccupyCharlestonWV Occupy Kentucky Occupy Wall St. Sierra Club NOVA Hub The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Quit Coal Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Coal, Hard Facts
Want Colorado coal mining to REALLY be efficient, Governor Hickenlooper? Take charge of finding a solution to coal mine methane pollution. It will require more effort than a photo-op. But it will be something real you can do to help create jobs, raise revenues and protect the planet.
Occupy Mountains
Sunday, October 16th at 18:01 Coal is yesterday, Let's Unplug Dirty, Old Coal Plants United Mountain Defense The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Lizzie of Earth The Owl Report Occupy Together Occupy Wall St. This Is What Democracy Looks Like "Get Up, Stand Up" Occupy West Virginia 10,000,000 Strong for Comprehensive Climate Legislation
Let's Unplug Dirty, Old Coal Plants
Earthjustice litigation is taking steps to close the loopholes and retire dozens of the old plants, while cleaning up those that continue to operate. We are employing a multi-prong strategy to compel the EPA to strengthen pollution standards based on the best available science and technology.
Occupy Mountains
Sunday, October 16th at 13:44 Clean coal is a myth. The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards 10,000,000 Strong for Comprehensive Climate Legislation Lizzie of Earth Indigenous Environmental Network The Owl Report Occupy Together Unfriend Coal
Clean coal facts and figures | Quit Coal
The fact is that coal is actually the largest source of mercury pollution in the United States and has left both air and water across the country irreversibly damaged and polluted.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Friday, October 14th at 12:21 Occupy Big Coal continues in Kentucky. Thanks End Mountaintop Removal Now !! Appalachian Mountain Advocates The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club NOVA Hub Sierra Club Activist Network Sit-In for the Mountains Occupy West Virginia Peaceful Uprising The Owl Report This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Occupy Big Coal: Kentuckians to Protest Most Corrupt Member of Congress on Friday
After thirty years of his abysmal record, Rogers’ constituents have had enough. This Friday, at 3pm, Oct. 14, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth will hold a peaceful demonstration at Rogers’ Somerset office to ask a simple question: Doesn’t Kentucky deserve better?
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Thursday, October 13th at 13:21 Wow! Great story about the Carbo power plant's impacts on human health in Southwest Virginia, as well as AEP's plans to raise power rates to fund dirty energy sources. Check it out and pass it along! http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/299470
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Thursday, October 13th at 12:31 FACT: The dirty coal business is dying. The sooner folks wake up to this fact, the sooner we can go with green & clean energy. Appalachian Mountain Advocates Sierra Club Activist Network Sierra Club NOVA Hub SkyTruth The Owl Report This Is What Democracy Looks Like "Get Up, Stand Up" ilovemountains.org The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Virginia Conservation Network
Coal industry, state may see decline - Business - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The coal industry has been a major force in keeping West Virginia out of a recession but the industry's - and state's - fortunes may be about to change.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Wednesday, October 12th at 10:51 The tide is turning... Thanks End Mountaintop Removal Now !! Sierra Club Activist Network This Is What Democracy Looks Like The Owl Report Radio Green Earth "Get Up, Stand Up" Rising Tide North America New Earth Rising: Support Global Earth Revolution The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards George Mason University Office of Sustainability
Ultra pro-business State Journal declares in editorial that it’s time for WV to ‘look beyond coal'
Anyone who reads it knows that Bray Cary’s newspaper is hardly a major voice for anti-coal environmental extremism … so you have to wonder what the coal association’s Chris Hamilton will say about today’s State Journal editorial.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Monday, October 10th at 18:05 Just so folks know, these guys are in their 28th week of occupation... far longer than Occupy Wall St. solidarity. Appalachian Mountain Advocates Sierra Club Activist Network Sierra Club NOVA Hub This Is What Democracy Looks Like "Get Up, Stand Up" The Owl Report Peaceful Uprising Indigenous Environmental Network The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards End Mountaintop Removal Now
Wall Photos
We are entering our 28th week of SIT-IN FOR THE MOUNTAINS! I am attaching an article that was in the Sunday Frankfort State Journal regarding the sit-in from Friday, October 7th.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Thursday, October 6th at 22:00 Take action! Sign the petition to end mountaintop removal on the White House website! ilovemountains.org This Is What Democracy Looks Like Sierra Club Activist Network Sierra Club NOVA Hub End Mountaintop Removal Now The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Appalachia Rising Appalachian Voices
Issue an executive order ending Mountain Top Removal coal mining. | The White House
Mountain Top Removal coal mining is the practice of blasting off the tops of the beautiful Appalachian Mountains to get at the coal seams beneath. The practice is harmful to our health, harmful to jobs, and harmful to the environment. There is nothing go
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Wednesday, October 5th at 13:08 Attend the Funeral for the Mountains Monday, Oct 17 5 PM in Richmond. Sierra Club NOVA Hub Sierra Club Activist Network Sit-In for the Mountains End Mountaintop Removal Now The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Appalachian Mountain Advocates Virginia Civic Engagement Table Virginia Conservation Network
Heather Schaefer
Wednesday, October 5th at 10:02 Join Go Green! Alexandria and the Sierra Club on Tuesday, 10/18 at 7pm for a screening of The Last Mountain.
The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Tuesday, October 4th at 14:45Are you interested in coming up to DC to meet with the EPA and be a part of Virginia Rising? Message Hannah Morgan if you're interested and want to come! We will be arranging carpool from Southwest Virginia.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Tuesday, October 4th at 11:36 Join us in DC in front of the EPA HQ alongside community members from Wise County to ask the EPA to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing. The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Sierra Club Activist Network Chesapeake Climate Action Network Sierra Club NOVA Hub End Mountaintop Removal Now 350.org Bill McKibben Peaceful Uprising Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment Energy Action Coalition
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Monday, October 3rd at 10:15 Nearly 100 students from around the state gathered at the Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon to rally for clean energy and to encourage the school to move away from coal as an energy source. Sierra Club Activist Network Virginia Conservation Network Sierra Club NOVA Hub The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Appalachian Mountain Advocates Appalachian Voices Appalachian Transition Initiative Appalachia Rising
Virginia Tech coal plant sparks protest - Roanoke.com
Students cited health and environmental concerns as reasons for the school to cease its use of coal.
Virginia Rising: Stop Mountain Top Coal Removal Now
Saturday, October 1st at 11:04 On Monday, Oct 17, Gov. McDonnell starts his VA Energy Conference. With the VA Dept of Mines, Minerals and Energy poised to authorize the destruction of Ison Rock Ridge, we need to demonstrate to Gov. McDonnell and the public that mountaintop removal coal mining is not acceptable. The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Southern Environmental Law Center Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment Appalachian Mountain Advocates Virginia Conservation Network Virginia Environment & Government
A Funeral for the Mountains to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in VA
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 12:00am
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