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17 HOURS AGO IN INSTRUMENTAL | COMMENTS
Grammy award winner Kathy Mattea has taken on a second role in the public eye as an activist against mountaintop removal mining, which to her is a destructive practice that needs to stop now. She's trying to do her part.+ READ MORE
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14 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
A note from the producer and writer/director of Coal Country. They have been personally touched by the destruction caused by mountaintop removal, but they have also seen the other side, met people who are proud of their work in the coal industry (when their companies follow the rules), and have...+ READ MORE
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13 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Ever since the US Airways scare in New York, geese have been blamed for endangering air safety. But it's not such a fair game. Killing geese (the wrong kind) while they're grounded is not the answer.+ READ MORE
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12 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
Air pollution has an obvious and powerful effect on our health. Asthma, heart disease, and even appendicitis have been linked to poor air quality. What has not been obvious is the effect low air quality has on the health of our brains.+ READ MORE
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12 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
If certain energy companies have their way, they'll be able to expand drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations in upstate New York in the near future. The public comment period on the environmental impact statement has just been extended until December 31. Make sure your voice is heard before...+ READ MORE
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11 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
When Scottish scientists boarded their submersible and dove into the depths of Loch Ness, they were hoping to find evidence of a prehistoric creature along the loch floor. Instead, what they discovered were golf balls; hundreds of thousands of them.+ READ MORE
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11 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Watch, read, or listen to Coal Country, and learn about the destruction to the environment and human health that comes with coal mining.Nothing lives on the land.+ READ MORE
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11 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Woody Harrelson invites you to stand with him and the musicians he supports in standing against the wanton destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining for coal.+ READ MORE
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10 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Once you leave coal country after spending your whole life there, you have a whole new perspective once you return. But that makes you no less proud of your heritage, and Shirley Steward Burns writes here about how she is standing to protect hers. + READ MORE
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10 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Bobby Kennedy on the coal industry, the harm it is doing to the environment, and the politics that is allowing it all to happen. And why you should start acting now to stop it. + READ MORE
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6 Nov 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Buy a Coal Country DVD, CD, or book, and learn all you need to know about coal mining and mountaintop removal to stun you into action to stop it. Best part, buying the CD supports an organization already working to do just that.+ READ MORE
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6 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Nick Clooney writes about his childhood memories from Appalachia: from Grandpa Clooney dragging him to the Ohio River when all he wanted was an Eskimo Pie, up to what he thinks the community's gift was to the rest of the nation, a community now threatened by the coal industry and mountaintop...+ READ MORE
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6 Nov 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Ashley Judd takes her canine companion back home to Kentucky, but finds a scale of destruction from mountaintop removal coal mining that even her dog can sense. Here, a moving story that illustrates why so many activists are working so hard to stop the destructive practice.+ READ MORE
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30 Oct 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY | COMMENTS
Hollywood institutions are taking eco-friendly baby steps, with a few individuals making real strides for environment. But the entertainment industry on the whole has to do more than buy offsets before it can really call itself green.+ READ MORE
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28 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Musicians Moby and Nellie McKay take the stage in Boulder, CO for a taping of the radio show Etown. In between music sets, they get to talk about their veganism, politics, and... Halloween costumes.+ READ MORE
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