EPA Denies Permits until additional evaluation
EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Peter S. Silva today finalized the list of 79 Appalachian surface coal mining permits requiring additional review and coordination under the Clean Water Act. EPAs letter today confirms that all 79 permits initially identified on September 11 must undergo additional evaluation by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. EPAs … Read more
Radio Interview with Mari-Lynn Evans
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Coal Front By Bill O’Driscoll
Environmental activists protesting the 26th annual Pittsburgh International Coal Conference might be surprised to learn that, on at least one point, the conference’s director agrees with them. “There is no clean coal — let’s be honest about it,” says Badie Morsi, a professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School … Read more
Ohio Premiere of “Coal Country” Draws Thirteen Hundred at Akron Civic Theater September 16, 2009, Akron, OH
Progressive Democrats of America Ohio and Portage Trail Sierra Club presented Akron filmmaker Mari-Lynn Evans’ new documentary Coal Country to over 1300 hundred people on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Akron Civic Theater in downtown Akron. Evans’ previous work includes the award-winning PBS series The Appalachians, which opened her eyes and compelled her to make … Read more
Email Post from Pike County, KY.
I read your bulletin about mountain top removal. I am from Pike county Kentucky, the largest county east of the Mississippi river and a whole region built on coal and I have seen first hand the devastation mountain top removal causes to the land and people. Massey energy employs a lot of folks where I … Read more
Akron producer brings emotional coal documentary to Civic
By Rich Heldenfels Beacon Journal popular culture writer Tears spatter Coal Country, the new documentary having its Ohio premiere Saturday in Akron’s Civic Theatre. The documentary is nominally about the coal industry, including the controversies surrounding how coal is mined (especially the controversial and devastating mountaintop-removal system). But it is also about the breakdown in … Read more
Kathy Mattea Interview on “In Search of a Song”
GO TO THE “IN SEARCH OF A SONG” RADIO SHOW PODCAST SITE Kathy Mattea, who appears in the “Coal Country” movie gives a powerful interview on the “In Search of a Song” with Jason Wilber radio show in Bloomington, Indiana. Jason Wilber is a great singer/songwriter, and long time lead guitarist for music icon John … Read more
