BIG NEWS: Sen. Byrd Questions Role of Coal
U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) is an iconic legislator who has served in the Senate since 1959. He is more than a politician from West Virginia; he is the...
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U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) is an iconic legislator who has served in the Senate since 1959. He is more than a politician from West Virginia; he is the...
Ever since the Kingston coal ash catastrophe in Tennessee in December 2008, we've been waiting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fulfill its...
Talk about having your head stuck in the oil-soaked sand. In the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill, Sarah Palin recently reiterated her commitment to the slogan...
"I worked in the coal mines for 22 years and that’s how I made my living and supported my family. I have never seen an outfit treat a community the way TECO...
One of the biggest concerns about mountaintop removal coal mining has to do with its impacts on water . That's understandable, of course, because this extreme...
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the proud co-sponsor of a bi-partisan bill in Congress that would effectively end mountaintop removal coal mining. (You can help...
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