Risking Arrest to Plant Trees on a Mountaintop Removal Site

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Sunday October 24, 2010 · 1:28 PM PDT

2010/10/24 · 13:28

Today 44 volunteer 'reclamation workers' (activists) illegally marched onto a supposedly reclaimed mine site to plant trees. Why? Because the 'reclamation' efforts done by the mining company resulted in a barren hillside with sparse grass and baking sun - a far cry from the lush and diverse forest destroyed in the process.

After negotiating with the police and planting all the trees, all 44 were allowed to leave the site without repurcussions.

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Wednesday August 11, 2010 · 4:52 PM PDT

2010/08/11 · 16:52

This diary is part of the 3 day Gulf Recover blogothon. Thanks to all participants! Enjoy!

BP has given $1.3 million to candidates and members of congress since 1999. That's not even that much, compared to the $3.9 million that Exxon has given, or the whopping $4.4 million that Koch has given in that time. (Check the amazing dirtyenergymoney.com that launched yesterday for more juicy details.)

These are direct contributions, not including money funneled into 501c3 'educational' efforts or to libertarian think tanks. That's before Citizens United opened up the gates. This is normal operating procedure in Washington, and what does it buy the oil companies?

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Wednesday May 19, 2010 · 5:31 PM PDT

2010/05/19 · 17:31

At this week's International Conference on Climate Change (read denial-palooza hosted by Heartland Institute and sponsored by Exxon, Koch and Scaife front-groups), the who's who of climate change deniers assembled to trade conspiracy theories.

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Wednesday May 05, 2010 · 5:34 PM PDT

2010/05/05 · 17:34

One surefire way for conservation groups not to criticize the largest offshore drilling company in the world in the wake of a huge spill is for that company to sponsor and support its own conservation organization.

GMF President John LaRue accepts a check from BP's Hugh Depland (left) at a recent reception.

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Saturday January 23, 2010 · 1:48 PM PST

2010/01/23 · 13:48

Coal industry executives aren't sleeping that well this week. As the climate movement reassess its strategy after a year of slow Senate progress and an underwhelming Copenhagen accord, more and more resources and attention are directed at stopping coal.

I think the extra focus on coal is a strategic move for all of us. Climate change starts with extraction. Local social justice and global climate concerns are almost perfectly aligned in the fight to stop the most destructive mining practices and coal plants that poison neighbors. Groups fighting coal in the big picture are having great success, such as the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign and the amazing team at App Voices. Here's my round-up for the week of the growing momentum to stop coal.

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Is Coal at the end of its run?

38 votes Vote Now!

Is Coal at the end of its run?

I think we'll end MTR this year

13 votes

Coals going to get more and more expensive, phasing out over the next decade or two

14 votes

Coal's here to stay

8 votes

c'mon, I thought we were the Saudi Arabia of coal?

2 votes

I drink coal sludge for breakfast, don't change a thing

1 vote

Illegal Massey Construction Stopped by Tree Sit

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 11:11 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 11:11

Three activists are sitting in the trees, blocking the illegal construction of an access road up Coal River Mountain.

Since blasting started on Coal River Mountain this fall, the local campaign has reached fever pitch. The highest and last remaining mountain in the Coal River Valley is under attack from Massey, a company that routinely violates its permits when it feels like they aren't important.

Xylem wrote earlier today about the action already, so I want to pile on a little bit with a report from Rock Creek, WV.

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Wednesday January 20, 2010 · 9:18 AM PST

2010/01/20 · 09:18

So, is coal part of West Virginia's future? This Thursday evening at 6:30pm Robert F. Kennedy Jr will debate Don Blankenship on the future of coal, mountaintop removal and economic opportunities for Appalachia. Kennedy, chief litigator for the Waterkeeper's Alliance and Blankenship, CEO of WV's largest coal producer Massey energy, are both titans on this issue.

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 6:04 PM PST

2010/01/12 · 18:04

Cross posted on ItsGettingHotInHere.org as part of the Climate Generation series. This is a series a friend and I helped organize, inspired by the success of DK-Greenroots.

It all began when I found myself leading climate activism cheers and marching through the August heat of New Hampshire in 2007... No, let me back up. It began when I signed my campus group up on the Campus Climate Challenge website because we’d been running the campaign but no one had bothered to tell anyone outside our campus. No, not quite, it really began when Billy Parish spoke on an Earthday panel at my school in the spring of 2006. Well, it really began...

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Sunday January 10, 2010 · 10:13 AM PST

2010/01/10 · 10:13

Things are reversed in the southern hemisphere, right? Toilets flush the other way, and conservatives are really liberals in Australia. Wacky.

This diary is a call for advice!

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Thursday December 31, 2009 · 8:43 AM PST

2009/12/31 · 08:43

In October, 2 young climate activists hung a banner on a CAT distributor calling out the company's hypocrisy. CAT actively touts coal as an answer to West Virginia's problems, when in reality coal is "Killing West Virginia Communities."

The two who hung the banner were charged with trespass, and Steve Walker who owns the CAT store compared them to 'suicide bombers'. As if that wasn't enough, four other people who were involved in the protest were arrested in their own homes on Tuesday. They are still being held, have not seen a magistrate, and have not been notified of any other charges, beyond trespassing, which carries a maximum charge of a $100 fine.

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Thursday December 03, 2009 · 5:43 PM PST

2009/12/03 · 17:43

I went to the White House yesterday, as one of 150 youth climate leaders invited to take part in the Clean Energy Forum.

Let me repeat that: youth activists were invited to discuss climate policy with 4 cabinet secretaries. This is not the same movement it was two years ago, and I think the changes have been overwhelmingly positive.

A little more than two years ago, a nervous and exuberant Energy Action Coalition gathered 5,000+ youth in DC for Powershift07. Van Jones rallied us with, ‘remember, remember, the 5th of November...’ and we raised some eyebrows in DC. But mostly, we sparked the feeling of a movement in a whole new circle of leaders: young people who went home with a sense of urgency and a sense of the plan.

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Saturday November 21, 2009 · 8:46 AM PST

2009/11/21 · 08:46

Coal River Mountain is the largest mountain in this part of southern WV. Its also the only one still intact, which tells you something about the destructive tendencies of the WV coal fanatics like Don Blankenship.

Coal River Mtn is the last mountain standing, not to mention the proposed site of Coal River Wind Project - a local green jobs initiative to provide more electricity and more jobs to the area for a longer time than coal.

Blasting started in mid-October and stopped today. No, it didn't stop because of EPA action, despite widespread protests and the lack of the proper permits. It stopped because activists took direct action and locked down to a drill rig.

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