Right now, one of our best hopes for ending mountaintop removal mining lies in the EPA’s power to regulate water pollution. As it stands, Lisa Jackson (or another EPA executive) could, with a few strokes of her pen, take dramatic steps toward ending the cultural and environmental attack on Appalachia.
But a bill moving through the [...]

I spent the last week of October in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, hiking, photographing the rivers and foliage, and taking in the stunning landscapes. While the trip made my RYSE post a bit late, it also deepened my understanding of the value of pristine mountains, specifically the Appalachians.
Because of their National Park status, [...]

It’s March 3rd!
You know what that means? That means that all the fines I accrued from participating in a direct action last June are due to the West Virginia magistrate… and then I’m free! I feel like this is a good time to reflect on that action, as it was a pretty amazing one.
Very early [...]

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Check it out, last night Stephen Colbert took on Mountain Top Removal on the Colbert Report – one of the most watched shows on TV. He hits on some really important issues that RAN has been working on for years [...]

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i just voted three times for this awesome project which will help move Appalachia away from MTR mining and towards a sustainable, locally-owned, decentralized model [by utilizing timber industry byproducts.]
the project will entail “feedstock feasibility studies and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification to ensure sustainable forestry.”
please vote today! signing up for brighterplanet.com only takes about [...]