Category Archives: citizen enforcement
September 2016 Update: A Big Win!
A BIG WIN AGAINST KING COAL: We shut down a mine permanently! Middlelick Mountain will remain mostly unmined, thanks to Kanawha Forest Coalition & RAMPS WE WON! It’s rare to get to say this, but it’s true: after more than 2 years of campaigning and pressuring by the Kanawha Forest Coalition, the KD#2 mountaintop removal strip mine in […]
Action Alert: Revoke Eagle II permit on Coal River Mountain
action alert from Coal River Mountain Watch. Take Action! Tell the Office of Surface Mining to revoke Alpha’s Eagle II permit. online petition In 2008, the WV Department of Environmental Protection granted Massey Energy a permit for mountaintop removal on Coal River Mountain. This permit allows Massey (now Alpha) to destroy 2000 acres of the […]
Blair Mtn. Camp Branch Permit Renewal Hearing
Recorded video from the Camp Branch Permit hearing at Logan High School Theater, by Coalstories The Camp Branch permit #S501390 is an active 1123.14 acre permit for surface contour mining and mountaintop removal that includes 6 variances (3 Approximate original contour, a Contemporaneous reclamation, Topsoil Substitutes, and Within 100 feet of a stream) Applicant: Aracoma […]
Whose side is the DEP on?
Yesterday evening, the WVDEP hosted a hearing on the renewal of the Bee Tree mountaintop removal permit on Coal River Mountain and on the proposed new Collins Fork strip mining permit. This hearing made it abundantly clear whose side the DEP is on – and it’s not our side. jordan freeman on Vimeo. During the […]
August 8 – National Call In Day to Protect Coal River Watershed
On Monday, August 8th, tell the Department of Environmental Protection to deny the Bee Tree Renewal Permit and prohibit future strip mining in the Coal River Watershed. On Tuesday August 9th, local residents are gearing up for an important hearing on the renewal of the Bee Tree permit and the proposed Collins Fork Remediation Project, […]
Hearing on Strip Mining Coal River Mountain
As Catherine-Ann continues to occupy her tree on the Bee Tree permit (16 days!), local residents are gearing up for an important hearing next Tuesday on the renewal of the Bee Tree permit and the proposed new Collins Fork Remediation Project, a strip mine on the other side of the mountain. The hearing will be […]
The Real Deal on Coal River Mountain
Post by Rob Goodwin On July 26, in conjunction with local protest of the renewal of the 1,095 acre Bee Tree strip mining permit on Coal River Mountain, we performed a citizens’ inspection of the Bee Tree site, owned by Marfork Coal Company, a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources. Allies Ernie Thompson of Horse Creek, WV, […]
Still Time to Oppose the Bee Tree Permit Renewal!
Submit Comments to Stop the Bee Tree Permit Renewal and protect Coal River Mountain The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection just announced a public hearing on the renewal of the Bee Tree permit, where Becks and Catherine-Ann have been sitting in trees since last Wednesday. Please show your support for the tree sitters by […]
Submit Comments to Stop the Destruction of Coal River Mountain
Please fill out this form! The Beetree permit encompasses approximately 1000 acres of 5000 proposed, active, and permitted mining in the upper Coal River Watershed. State and Federal Regulators have failed to consider community concerns and properly assess cumulative impacts of mining in the Coal River Watershed. Please fill out the following form to urge […]
