Stop Strip Mining

"...surprised to see the coverage about West Virginia strip mining ["The Hightower Report," News, Feb. 27]. Strip mining has..."

March 3, 2004 Postmarks

The Last Mountain

The case against mountaintop mining in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia in made in this passionate documentary.

"...Massey Energy Company engages in the debatable practice of mountaintop coal removal. The practice is a recently adopted technique..."

July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Obama and Congress Can End Mountaintop Removal; and A Bailed-Out Bank Bails Out Its Bankers

"...Obama and Congress Can End Mountaintop Removal..."

April 3, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Help Stop Mountaintop-Mining Madness; and Pricing Fans Out of the Game

"...Help Stop Mountaintop-Mining Madness..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our readers talk back.

"...First, mountaintop mining, including "mountaintop removal," with the disposal of excess..."

March 12, 2004 Column

Administration Gobbledygook

"...News, Feb. 27] contains several mischaracterizations of fact. First, mountaintop mining, including "mountaintop removal," with the disposal of excess..."

March 8, 2004 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

Ding-Dong Dumping on Texas' Doorstep; Judy Bonds' Legacy

"...home a decade ago by the profiteering barons of mountaintop strip-mining, Bonds became the barons' worst nightmare: an enraged,..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

A New Day for the EPA?; and Rich Boors in Fancy Drawers

"...assault by corporate coal profiteers. Using a brutally destructive mining method called "mountaintop removal," the corporations explode to bits..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Words for Wall Street Greed; and Corporatist Court Favors Mountaintop Destruction

"..."I say just hang these scums." Corporatist Court Favors Mountaintop Destruction..."

March 13, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 17-21

"...ENDING MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL IN APPALA­CHIA Scott Parkin of the Rainforest Action..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature

There's Nothing Like a Real Coal Fire

Public Utility Commission member pushes for more coal, even after the recent TXU struggle.

"...majority of U.S. coal comes from massive open-cast surface mining (773,705,734 tons in FY 2006 against 358,875,089 tons of..."

July 25, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Thinking Beyond Coal

Coal mines are mucking up the environment, from the Appalachian mountains to the outskirts of Austin

"...out of her slumber as it hits the ground. "Mining happens 24 hours a day here, and I can..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Hightower Report

The Pentagon scraps Internet voting; and Bush's mining allies make molehills out of mountains

"...rig both the Clean Water Act and our nation's mining laws. Why? So giant coal companies – please take..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Wall Street: Part of the Solution?; and EPA Back on Top

"...Agency has just proposed to veto a massively destructive mountaintop removal operation in West Virginia. The decision reverses the..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Congress Incorporated; and Mountaintop Tiff

"...business as usual; it's business way more than usual. Mountaintop Tiff..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Neighbors and Fruit Trees; and Some Peace of Mine?

"...signs of change wafted over us – all involving mining. The first was the two-year moratorium that Secretary of..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

All is not lost: Grassroots activists win court battles; and the Pentagon revolving door is profitable for Bush buddies

"...from using a devastating, disgusting, and just plain dumb mining practice called "mountaintop removal." Instead of tunneling into the..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Giving away Appalachia; and cancel Camel No. 9

"...them: Bush gave them Appalachia! His Office of Surface Mining quietly issued a new regulation that would allow King..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Appalachian Blues

New series Outsiders explores outlaw mountain men

"...be the residents of nearby Blackburg, the ailing Kentucky mining community that sits at the feet of the Farrells'..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Neighborhood Watch

"...first showing. It will open the first Summit Against Mountaintop Removal, later this month. It's got characters like Dan..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Hightower Report

Free Market Hypocrites; and Lobbyists Go Shopping

"...call it, is the byproduct of an environmentally devastating mining shortcut called mountaintop removal. To get at the coal,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

"...untested. The report goes on to look at so-called "mountaintop removal" surface mining, which has damaged or destroyed approximately..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Sound on Sound Review: Guided by Voices

Rock scholars avalanche the Dragon’s Lair

"...material came out, the ever-prolific 59-year-old rock encyclopedia continues mining it with youthful energy. Mic spins, high kicks, you..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews

Cellist learns to bend with Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck

"...Kentuckian Daniel Martin Moore, to help raise awareness against mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia, Sollee's sophomore effort promises..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Naked City

"...power plants and dirty coal extraction methods such as mountaintop-removal coal mining. – D.M...."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature

Coal News: Sierra Club Still Watching TXU, Ranks of Greenhouse-Gas Reduction Accord Grow, and Coal-Fired Power Plant Investments Protested

"...power plants and dirty coal extraction methods such as mountaintop-removal coal mining...."

Nov. 21, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...meeting. They claim the bank funds organizations engaged in "mountaintop removal coal mining, dirty power plants, oil drilling and..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature