Archive | September, 2007

Chorus of Voices Denounces Mountaintop Removal Mining

By Cameron, September 4 2007

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Chorus of Voices Denounces Mountaintop Removal Mining

We at RAN were disappointed, to say the least, when we learned that the Bush administration was planning to loosen the already lax regulations covering mountaintop removal mining. With the ominous threat of climate change hanging over us, making it easier to flatten mountains, pollute streams, and pump climate-changing coal pollution into the atmosphere seemed [...]

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I now know what time it is

By Robin, September 4 2007

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I now know what time it is

I saw Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film, The 11th hour, this weekend. I have to say it felt really strange to sit in a theater and watch this movie. Strange because it was a whole movie of people saying really intelligent, powerful, and profound things about really important issues. How rare is that in a film [...]

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Appalachia is Rising (Part Deux)

By Scott Parkin, September 3 2007

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Appalachia is Rising (Part Deux)

This past Friday, Mountain Justice Summer organized actions from coast to coast in 22 cities calling out Bank of America for their continued funding of coal mining companies like Arch Coal, Massey Energy and Peabody Energy. In New York City, concerned citizens performed street theater where “King Coal Thanked Bank of America.” In Houston, anti-coal [...]

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UAW & Big Three Talks Heat Up

By Nile, September 3 2007

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UAW & Big Three Talks Heat Up

The all-important 2007 auto talks heated up significantly over Labor Day Weekend. Thousands of rank-and-file workers and unions are struggling as much as trying to celebrate during Detroit’s Big Three automakers intense competition over the summer to be picked as the lead company to negotiate a pattern-setting agreement with the United Auto Workers. With the [...]

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