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Backroom Deal with Coal Company Forsakes Clean Water
Posted by EcoWatch: Appalachian Voices on February 1st, 2013
EcoWatch: A coalition of citizens’ groups hoping to protect Kentucky’s waters filed objections today to a proposed settlement between Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet and one of the state’s largest coal mining companies, Frasure Creek Mining. The agreement purports to resolve hundreds of water pollution violations from 2011 and 2012 at all of Frasure Creek’s mines across eastern Kentucky, but the groups say that the agreement will not fix the pollution problems.
“We are full parties to this enforcement...
From the Mouth of Babes: President Obama, End Mountaintop Removal Now
Posted by EcoWatch: Appalachian Voices on January 3rd, 2013
EcoWatch: In Appalachia, children are 42 percent more likely to have birth defects if they live near a mountaintop removal coal mine.
More people are likely to die from cardiovascular disease, and 50 percent are more likely to die of cancer--if they live near one of these sites of utter destruction.
What if those were your loved ones? That is the question posed in a new video released today by Appalachian Voices with a strong message to President Obama: No more excuses. End mountaintop removal now. ...
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