Sowing New Mustard Seeds: The Moral Question of Mountaintop Removal
By CHRISTOPHER MARTIN Mountaintop removal is not primarily an “environmental issue,” but a moral one—a fact seldom acknowledged by those
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Street party and concert set for second year to raise awareness of mountaintop removal
By BOBBI BUCHANAN Louisville.VisitSouth.com Louisville’s independent retailers will join Kentuckians for the Commonwealth to host a special street party and
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FROM THE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR I don’t want to give up. I told my sons this on a hiking trail called
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Photo essay by JESSICA DEIS This summer, my family and I took a road trip to West Virginia to see
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By ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. The Washington Post Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American history.
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Environmentalists feel betrayed by the EPA’s decision not to block new mountaintop mining projects By TOM HAMBURGER and PETER WALLSTEN
Read moreAll Things Wild and Wonderful: How a foraged mountain food connected two children
Essay and photos by KAREN DILL In April, the wild things emerge: Bears crawl from their dens; baby wolves are
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From KENTUCKIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH Spend a Friday evening celebrating our Kentucky mountains with a number of local musicians and
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By MIREYA NAVARRO New York Times March 25, 2009 — In a sharp reversal of Bush administration policies, the head
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ESSAY By MAEGEN NEAL As a choir of tree frogs and cicadas sang the night’s lullaby, the soft laughter of
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