We have tremendous news: EPA Region III Administrator Shawn Garvin has recommended that the Spruce Mine permit (the largest one in Appalachia, which we specifically spoke to Jeff Lapp about) be vetoed! Now the final decision is in EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s hands. Thank you to everyone who made a call, sent an email, [...]
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by Robin Last week I had the honor of participating in Appalachia Rising, a mass mobilization in Washington DC calling for the end of mountaintop coal removal (MTR). There was something really special about this mobilization, and I’ve been trying to nail down exactly what it was. I have attended my share of big demonstrations, [...]
