Land Board Flees from Public Scrutiny, Coal Export Action More Important than Ever Reposted from coalexportaction.org When making decisions that affect thousands of constituents, public officials have a responsibility not only to be transparent, but to listen to and actively encourage public input. This week the Montana Land Board failed… Continue reading
The Rising Tide North America Newsletter is back! Please click here to submit content for next month’s newsletter “Mountain Mobilization” Shuts Down Logan County Strip Mine More than 50 protesters affiliated with the R.A.M.P.S. Campaign walked onto Patriot Coal’s Hobet mine and shut it down following the Mountain Mobilization. Ten people… Continue reading
Following Saturday’s historic shutdown of the Hobet mine — Appalachia’s largest mountaintop removal site– Dustin Steele and at least nineteen other Appalachians and allies are being held on $25,000 bail each — a combined $500,000.* Most are being charged with trespass and obstruction. Donate to the Hobet 20’s legal fund… Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2012 Contact: Charles Suggs, 304-449-NVDA (6832), media@wg.rampscampaign.org Talking Points document: http://rampscampaign.org/key-messages-of-mountain-mobilization/ “Mountain Mobilization” shuts down Logan Co. strip mine Call for end to strip mining and a just transition for the region’s families Charleston, W.Va.—More than 50 protesters affiliated with the R.A.M.P.S. Campaign have walked… Continue reading