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Appeal to Action: Appalachian Leaders Launch Mountaintop Removal Moratorium Now Campaign Posted: 7/12/11 01:47 PM ET “Living in a mountaintop mining area was a bigger risk for birth defects than smoking.” — Dr. Michael Hendryx, West Virginia University Hailing a … Continue reading →

February 14, 2011 – CHICAGO CITY HALL After ten months since the original introduction to the Chicago City Council, the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance finally receives a hearing.  During that time it is estimated that 30 more people died from … Continue reading →

September 27, 2010 Why FBI Raids Against Antiwar Activists Should Matter to Activists Fighting King Coal By Kevin Gosztola Keeper of the Mountains Larry Gibson defends the mountains from King Coal. The FBI raided six locations in Minneapolis and two … Continue reading →

Welcome to Appalachia Rising By Kevin Gosztola This is what activists participating in the Appalachia Rising convergence are fighting to protect. by Kat Wallace (ToplessAmerica.org) What organizers are calling “an unprecedented gathering of Appalachian people and their allies in the movement … Continue reading →

Chicagoans Join Thousands of Activists for Appalachia Rising! Delegation to Washington, DC to Rally Against Mountaintop Removal & Big Coal Members of Chicago based groups such as The Topless America Project, Rainforest Action Network – Chicago, and Little Village Environmental … Continue reading →

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