Banning Mountaintop Removal in the Colbert Nation
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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One of my goals in life is to get mountaintop removal into the national consciousness via organizing, actions, media events, rallies and even pop culture. Last night, we got a LOT closer to that goal when Stephen Colbert hosted Dr. Margaret Palmer, author of the Science article that called for a ban on mountaintop removal due to public health and environmental impacts.
In the segment Colbert takes swipes at the EPA for releasing new permits last week, and hits a number of important talking points on one of the most watched shows on TV and the internet. It’s an important step to ending this terrible process.
Check out the video here.
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January 21st, 2010 at 6:35 am
[...] journal Science calling for a ban on mountaintop removal, a feature on the popular comedy show The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert and tonight’s debate between Massey CEO Don Blankenship and environmental [...]
June 17th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
These people are doing a tree sit in the freezing cold West Virginia mountains and befuddling the largest mountaintop removal coal company in Appalachia. Word.