High stakes in Appalachia as greens battle Big Coal

Toronto Star by Mitch Potter | Nov. 17, 2009 (News Report)

The plan was painfully simple: save a mountain, turn a country, cool the Earth. And for the longest time, it seemed to be working here on Coal River Mountain, ground zero in the American debate over climate change. Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 17, 2009

I have to say it's impressive that the Star has a reporter in Whitesville, West Virginia. This story covers the important topic of mountaintop mining, but it appears that the Star only spoke with ground-level activists. What about their organizers? And response from mining companies? Too credulous.

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