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    What’s a National Sacrifice Zone?

    JUNE 8, 2011 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: environment, energy policy, coal, denise giardina, blair west virginia, marmet west virginia, march on blair mountain, robert f. kennedy jr., blair mountain massacre, national sacrifice zone, appalachian coalfields, southwestern west virginia, logan county, mingo county, matewan, emmylou harris, kathy mattea, ashley judd, massey energy, don blankenship, brushy fork impoundment, bob edwards show, denise giardina, coal river mountain watch, clara bingham and bill haney, “the last mountain”, mountaintop removal mining, mtr

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    Movement to End Mountaintop Removal Raises Hell in D.C.

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 1:25PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: corporations, west virginia, mtr, mountaintop removal, change, president obama, obama, jobs, clean energy, energy, coal, activism, enthusiasm gap, voting, elections, reporting the midterms, news, politics, environment, environmental

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    The End of Mountaintop Removal Mining? It’s Complicated.

    APRIL 8, 2010 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: ohio valley environmental coalition, vivian stockman mountaintop removal mining, lisa jackson, coal mining, upper branch mine, environmental protection agency, epa, conductivity, west virginia highlands conservancy, cindy rank, appalachian center for the economy and the environment, joe lovett, west virginia economy, u.s. army corps of engineers, environment, west virginia, joe manchin, mining disaster, coal river, wendell berry, don blankenship, massey energy, mtr, u.s. energy policy, clean coal, there is no such thing as clean coal, politics, business

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