Complete and utter disrespect speaks for itself
This is NOT A GRAVE YARD! THESE ARE THE GRAVES STONES THAT USED TO BE ON A MOUNTAIN THAT GOT BLOWN UP in mountain top removal coal mining.
Cree Proverb
“Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Cree Proverb
No More Excuses, Mr. President, End Mountaintop Removal Now
This week, the American people gave Barack Obama four more yearsto demonstrate his leadership of our nation. We congratulate the President on his victory, but also must hold him accountable to his promise to lead based on science and fact. With that in mind, we’re reminding President Obama that there are no excuses to legitimize … Read more
Mitt Romney’s Coal Complex
Romney greeting miners forced to attend a rally by their coal bosses. By now we know that Paul Ryan has more or less declared himself to be a full-blown climate change denialist. But what are we to make of Mitt Romney? Perhaps we should call him a Climate Clown, since he seems to think global … Read more
Happy Columbus Day?
•Beginning with Columbus (a former slave trader and would-be Holy Crusader) the conqu est of the New World began, as usual understood as a means to propagate Christianity. •Within hours of landfall on the first inhabited island he encountered in the Caribbean, Columbus seized and carried off six native people who, he said, “ought to … Read more
A letter from Wilma Steele
“My husband was an UMWA deep miner in Mingo County. He had always been a hard worker, never missed a day and worked every Sat. they offered him. Past bosses that had worked with him, often heard he was laid off and would get him a job at their mine. Then a very well thought-out … Read more
Radical Action? Let’s get real. We are all the coal bosses.
I’m getting a little ill reading all this about the Hobet mine ‘action’. Actually in general about this whole idea of “radical” action against the coal industry. First, it’s divisive. Second, it’s against the law. Third, it’s not constructive, and Fourth, it’s not doing much of anything but causing violence, hatred, and keeping the whole … Read more
New technology is here today
By Citizen Harry Though the whiners on this blog have complained for years that green technology is too “far away” in the future to make a change now, here’s a good example of human genius being put to work. Meanwhile, their arguments are falling apart as cities decide to move away from antiquated technologies like … Read more
“Conservative” has taken on a new meaning
By Citizen Harry Isn’t it funny how “conservative” has become such a silly way to describe those who want to keep banging the fossil fuel drum. Those that value profits more than the natural environment, clean water, mountains, forests, and wildlife, and ignore the true costs of these policies on the future of mankind are … Read more
