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Activists Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Face Political, Education Battles —
27 Mar 2013 —
Blowing the tops off mountain ridges to get at the coal seams beneath—and dropping the rocks and other debris into mountain streams below—continues unabated, mainly in West Virginia, where the politicians are literally 100% behind the coal industry. Two activists with the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation toured Connecticut recently, speaking at area colleges and other venues. Paul Corbit Brown explains why people the US does not need to depend on coal, and why public education on the ills of coal mining is a good strategy.
Wisconsin's Scott Walker: "I Am Iron Man" —
25 Feb 2013 —
Plagued by a stagnant economy, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is pushing a rewrite of state mining laws to clear the way for a massive open-pit iron mine. Although it's been mostly dormant for more than 50 years, proponents hope reopening the mine will rejuvenate an industry that helped build Wisconsin generations ago. But the proposal's sweeping changes to environmental protections have met fierce opposition.
Tar Sands Oil Extraction—The Dirty Truth —
17 Oct 2012 —
This show features excerpts from the documentary Tar Sands Oil Extraction—The Dirty Truth, which exposes the destruction and pollution associated with the world's largest extraction operation, Canada's Tar Sands project. ~~ The program also features excerpts from Chris Hedges' speech, "How Corporations Destroyed America," in which Hedges talks about the ravages of unlimited corporate power and how consumers have internalized corporate values to the extent that we barely know who we are.
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