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Two Arrested Protesting Strip Mine as Community Battles World’s Largest Coal Company

Two Arrested Protesting Strip Mine as Community Battles World’s Largest Coal Company

While Peabody Energy may have hired a notorious public relations firm to hawk its international ad campaign, a village trustee and her rural farming community have exposed the devastating legacy of the world’s largest coal company near its historic Illinois beginnings. Meet Judy Kellen and the courageous community of Rocky Branch in Saline County, IL, whose battle to save their […]

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    First-Ever Book Educating Children About Dangers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

    First-Ever Book Educating Children About Dangers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

    Saro Lynch-Thomason‘s new book Lone Mountain is an illustrated children’s story book created to educate youth about the devastating impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining. Set in central Appalachia, this 32-page book presents beautifully illustrated full color pages that focuses on Appalachia’s rich cultural and natural heritage while raising awareness about the threats of mountaintop removal. “This […]

    Residents Take Stand Against World’s Largest Coal Company in Southern Illinois

    Residents Take Stand Against World’s Largest Coal Company in Southern Illinois

    On March 13, a handful of local residents blocked a road through the forest in southern Illinois and attempted to prevent a contractor for Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, from bringing in logging equipment to clear the area for a new 1,000-acre mine. Opponents of the Rocky Branch strip mine in Illinois block logging equipment […]

    Breaking: North Carolina Regulators Take Legal Action Against Duke Energy for Coal Ash Dumping

    Breaking: North Carolina Regulators Take Legal Action Against Duke Energy for Coal Ash Dumping

    North Carolina environmental regulators have cited Duke Energy for violating the conditions of a wastewater permit after it illegally dumped an estimated 61 million gallons of coal ash wastewater into a Cape Fear River tributary, according to Waterkeeper Alliance.  The state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued the citation on Thursday for the permit […]

    Duke Energy Announces Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Will Take 2+ Years; Emails Show Collusion Between Regulators and NC Utility

    Duke Energy Announces Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Will Take 2+ Years; Emails Show Collusion Between Regulators and NC Utility

    Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest electric and gas supplier, announced Friday it would take the company more than two years to clean up February’s massive coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with 60,000 tons of toxic sludge. Environmental regulators in North Carolina consulted Duke Energy last year before seeking to exclude […]

    Coal Ash Used to De-Ice Roads Poses Contamination Concerns

    Coal Ash Used to De-Ice Roads Poses Contamination Concerns

    By Karen Uhlenhuth Coal ash—the residue from burning coal to generate electricity—is abundant and cheap. Often free for the taking, in fact. And it’s one way that at least some Midwestern communities provide traction on snowy and icy roads. But what’s left behind in the nearby water and soil when this byproduct from coal-fired power […]

    No More Excuses: Duke Energy, Clean Up Your Toxic Ash Holes

    No More Excuses: Duke Energy, Clean Up Your Toxic Ash Holes

    For four years, Waterkeeper Alliance and our North Carolina Riverkeepers have been locked in a pitched battle with Duke Energy to force the irresponsible company to clean up its dangerous, illegally polluting ash ponds which we call toxic ash holes. In 2009, I traveled to Raleigh to meet with the Aquifer Protection Section of the North Carolina […]