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		<title>Judy Needham is going to Appalachia Rising</title>
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Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington, DC, September 25-27, 2010, calling for an end to the devastating practice of mountaintop removal mining.  Mountaintop removal has already destroyed over 500 of the world&#8217;s oldest mountains and more than 2,000 miles of streams, and has contaminated our nation&#8217;s waters. Together, we will bring Appalachia&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Date:  Weekend in Wise County</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Weekend in Wise County


Save the Date: October 8-10th 

Come and Join the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards for a Weekend in Wise County!! We would love to have you experience Mini Workshops, Coal Camp and Mountaintop Removal Tours, along with good free food, fun music and fellowship!
Feel free to table at this event with us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachia Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are proud to announce that SAMS has endorsed, and will be attending in full force, the conference: Voices from the Mountains which is a part of the Appalachia Rising mobilization.  Read on to learn more about the conference and our Roanoke fundraiser that we hope our allies will attend to help us get to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Edition of the Mountain Steward Quarterly published</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been working hard, and now the first edition of the Mountain Steward Quarterly, the first regular SAMS publication, is finished.  While the print copies will take a while to circulate through the mail, you can check out an online copy right now!
This edition of the Mountain Steward Quarterly contains articles about our fight to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing and Call-in to Senator Jim Webb&#8217;s Office!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join SAMS in calling Senator Jim Webb on Monday July 26th and ask that he &#8220;KEEP ISON ROCK RIDGE STANDING&#8221; and support the communities of southwestern Virginia in our fight against mountain top removal coal mining. 
We are asking Senator Webb to:

Thank the EPA for all they have done to protect coalfield communities from surface coal mining and
Ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAMS Now Accepting Internship Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards are currently accepting applications for short term and long term interns to join the fight against mountain top removal mining in our area. Interns spend their time working on various projects, from talking with neighbors about how we can keep coal dust from blanketing the community, to attending community meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens Picket DMME in Protest of Ison Rock Ridge Surface Mine Permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please support the work of the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards by clicking this link to keep up the pressure on the EPA in order to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing.

Late this morning, around 20 Wise County residents gathered at the  offices of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy in Big Stone Gap  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s never too early to be thinking of solutions.  After all, we have been for quite awhile.   In August, we will witness the emergence of thoughtful help on this front and we are proud to be partnering with the Solutions Journal to promote a special August edition and introduce our members to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exposing Mountain Top Removal on National Television</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite  powerful organizing and messaging, many Americans still don’t know that  their electricity might be coming from destroyed mountains.  That’s why ilovemountains.org has teamed up with  Ashley Judd and The Alliance for Appalachia to get the message out to  America’s living rooms.

 
The powerful new ad uses the most talked  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAMS opposes DMME approval of Ison Rock Ridge permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are outraged at approval of Ison Rock Ridge surface coal mine permit
Despite  pressure from federal agencies and outcry from the local community, the  Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy has approved the highly  controversial Ison Rock Ridge surface coal mine permit surrounding the  town of Appalachia. The permit in question [...]]]></description>
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