Rising Tide: the fight against mountaintop removal mining

very current, up-to-date piece on the MTR activist world. He talks about Ed Wiley, Marsh Fork Elementary, the lawsuits going on in various states, activism at the state legislatures, MTR lobby week last fall (my personal favorite), iLoveMountains.org and the National Memorial for the Mountains, Mountain Justice Summer, and the sudden draw of the religious community to this cause. Its a GREAT article, and very heartening for any MTR activist to read in knowing that at every corner of the United States of America, someone is pouring themselves into stopping mountaintop removal – just like you.

About JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.