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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 who support it. The powers that be would like the public to keep on believing that blowing up mountains is a perfectly acceptable way to get coal, and that folks who say otherwise are just left-leaning… »
Not another hoop dream in the heart of basketball country
By BOBBI BUCHANAN
I have a dream that my grandchildren will not be slaves to Big Oil and King Coal—that they will not suffer the dependence and helplessness so many of us feel every time we pull up to the gas pump or rip open our utility bill.
I dream that when the college basketball season ends,… »
Documentary raises questions about mining methods and the devastation required to meet energy needs
FILM REVIEW
By BILL GOODMAN
At the very core of our national debate over climate change, alternatives fuels and the existence of so-called “clean coal technology” comes a new and enlightening documentary that challenges conventional thinking about the mining and operation of coal companies that few people ever see.
Deep Down: A Story from the Heart… »
Tomlinson’s fictional stories reveal hard truths of mountaintop removal mining and other subjects
BOOK REVIEW
By MARY POPHAM
Fiction offers a close look at the truth in Jim Tomlinson’s group of short stories, Nothing Like An Ocean. When he delves into issues such as mountaintop removal coal mining, marriage difficulties and the loneliness of single people, he gets to reality—the heart of the subjects.
In lovely prose, Tomlinson reveals the interiority… »
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 concert on Bardstown Road at Longest Avenue.
The second annual Louisville Loves Mountains Festival will be held Friday, May 21, from 4 to 10 p.m. and will feature music by Daniel Martin Moore, the… »
Sollee and Moore use music to shed light on mountaintop removal mining
INTERVIEW
By SILAS HOUSE
Two of Kentucky’s favorite and most talented native sons have come together to create Dear Companion, a collection of 11 songs that illuminate the issue of mountaintop removal mining without being an outright protest record. Ben Sollee has become known for his huge part in bringing the cello into folk music, his… »
Critically acclaimed Kentucky duo to perform at Brown Theatre
By BOBBI BUCHANAN
Louisville.VisitSouth.com
For a taste of Kentucky’s varied and distinct music, mark your calendar for Friday, Feb. 26, when critically acclaimed natives Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore will take the stage at the Brown Theatre in Louisville.
The duo will be performing from their new album, Dear Companion, produced by another Kentucky native, Jim James… »
Holding Out Hope
FROM THE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
I don’t want to give up. I told my sons this on a hiking trail called Honeymoon Falls at Pine Mountain State Resort Park this summer.
Parker was 9, James Tucker was 2, and they were dying to get in the pool. It was closed for chemical testing our first day. On day… »
The Last House in Mud
Photo essay by JESSICA DEIS
This summer, my family and I took a road trip to West Virginia to see the devastation of mountaintop removal mining firsthand. The journey was important to the photo documentary I’m working on to draw attention to this violent form of mining.
My husband Brian and I and our two children traveled… »
Saving Mountains
Movement to end MTR gains momentum
By JASON HOWARD
Opponents of mountaintop removal mining have been wary of looking up for even a moment to savor the hard-won victories of the past year. They have stayed busy, fearful of losing ground in the fight to end this form of coal mining, which has destroyed 470 mountains in… »
