February 24, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Mountaintop removal offends my core

Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
 
As many of my readers may know, I grew up in the southern Appalachian Mountains, which had everything to do with my eventually finding a career in environmentalism… Continue reading

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June 6, 2011
by Melissa Waage
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March on Blair Mountain begins today: join the virtual march!

Melissa Waage, Campaign Director, Washington, DC Today begins the March on Blair Mountain, with more than six hundred people setting out from Marmet, WV on a fifty-mile, five-day journey to recreate the 1921 labor uprising that culminated wit… Continue reading

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April 5, 2011
by Melissa Waage
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TODAY: Call in to stop Mountaintop Removal

Melissa Waage, Campaign Director, Washington, DC This week we are graced with the presence of over 150 citizen lobbyists from Appalachia and elsewhere, in town for the End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington.  They’re h… Continue reading

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