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Winds of Change Contents |
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Note to the Homeland Security Folks: Environmentalists Are Not Terrorists |
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Awwww ... Massey Energy May Be "On Thin Ice," Forbes Magazine Says |
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Does EIS Really Stand for 'Environment Isn’t Saved' or 'Everything Is Screwed'? |
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14th Annual Treehuggers' Ball Features Great Music, Swell Gifts |
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OVEC, Other Activists Do Double Duty in Foggy Bottom |
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Community Voices Heard Group Leads Organizing Workshop in Whitesville |
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Awardees Visit OVEC to Learn More About Mountain Massacre in WV |
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DECAF Takes on Proposed Massive Delbarton Slurry Impoundment that Threatens Residents |
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Endangered-Species Lawsuit Targets MTR
As mountaintop removal destroys wildlife habitat, coal companies and their supposed government regulators are ignoring rules written to protect endangered species.
That’s why several groups have filed a notice of intent to sue the Department of Interior and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to properly examine mining impacts to endangered species before issuing mountaintop removal permits.
Attorneys Joe Lovett of the Appalachian Center for the Economy and Environment, and Scott Edwards, of the Water Keeper Alliance, filed the notice on behalf of OVEC, Coal River Mountain Watch, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and six southern WV families.
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