After Freedom Industries so kindly donated 10,000 gallons of Crude MCHM and PPH into the Elk River last month, tainting the water supply for more than 300,000 West Virginians, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin made it perfectly clear that the coal… Read More ›
Coal Slurry
The Coal Ash Cup Runneth Over…Into Appalachia’s Water Supply
This past Sunday, as the nation was sitting down to watch the Super Bowl and all of its attendant pomp and circumstance, a massive environmental disaster was taking place near Eden, NC, a small town that sits on the banks… Read More ›
Day 31: Big Coal Doesn’t Just Pave Paradise in West Virginia, It Blows It Up
Let me paint a picture for you: You belong to historically resource rich state with a chronically impoverished population because 90% of the resources in said state are owned by outside interests. The area’s main resource, upon which the bulk… Read More ›