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Coal Company Tells Workers Not to Vacation in Tennessee

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2825430279_905a6edc2c.jpg In the latest sally in the war between pro-coal-at-any-cost and anti-mountaintop mining (MTR) advocates, Arch Coal subsidiary Coal-Mac, Inc., of Holden, West Virginia, has recommended that its 300 employees not vacation in Tennessees Smoky Mountains. Its also asking other coal firms to enforce the (dare we call it) ban. The move is reportedly in response to testimony given at a recent U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing ...

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Earlier, Minister of State for Mining Randy Hawes

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Earlier, Minister of State for Mining Randy Hawes told Public Eye Radio he doesn't plan to revisit the provincial government's ban on uranium mining. But is that policy in conflict with the Campbell administration's commitment to make climate change ...

aggregated: 33 weeks 4 days ago | 35 views

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Blogathon #44: The Resilient City

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Last week, I came across this blog post on The Dirt, called How to Design Resilient Cities. Wherever you stand on the issues of peak oil or climate change, I think there's merit in exploring how a community like ours can become more energy-efficien...

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topics: abbotsford, climate-change, design, ecological, elected

Is the recognition and reconciliation act really dead?

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The unravelling of the proposed legislation setting out a new relationship with First Nations remains a fascinating mystery. In the spring, the government was on the brink of introducing the act, with the support of most provincial-level First Nation...

aggregated: 33 weeks 2 days ago | 70 views

topics: environmental, forestry, mining, premier

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