Here Come the Judds: Singer Naomi Judd Joins Fight Against Mountaintop Removal

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Wednesday July 14, 2010 · 6:07 AM PDT

2010/07/14 · 06:07

From humble beginnings as a single mother in a small Kentucky town to her meteoric rise as a country music superstar and American icon, Naomi Judd's incredible lifelong journey is an inspiring story of overcoming the odds through optimism and hard work. Now she will bring that same kind of commitment to NRDC's campaign to end mountaintop removalcoal mining, as she joins the burgeoning ranks of performers who are part of our Music Saves Mountainsinitiative.

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Monday July 12, 2010 · 6:32 AM PDT

2010/07/12 · 06:32

Ashley Judd won't back down. Last week proponents of mountaintop removalhung a banner at a coal industry-sponsored golf tournament in eastern Kentucky, mocking the actress for her efforts to raise awareness of the environmental, economic and cultural damage being wrought by the world's worst coal mining. If they thought this would back her down, they're as clueless as they are classless.

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Thursday July 08, 2010 · 7:56 AM PDT

2010/07/08 · 07:56

God bless Ashley Judd. This Kentucky-born actress and social activist loves the Appalachian mountains and isn't afraid to speak out for the cause of safeguarding her beloved hills from what she herself calls the scourge of mountaintop removal coal mining. Ashley has long been involved in this fight and most recently has lent her voice to a TV commercial that our friends at the Alliance for Appalachia plan to air on national television. She came to Washington, D.C. last month to deliver an impassioned speech at the National Press Club on the need to stop mountaintop removal. And she just published a moving blog in OnEarth magazine on this issue -- so near and dear to her heart -- referring to herself as a proud hillbilly hell-bent on saving the land she loves. For all this, the coal industry is attacking her.

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Tuesday July 06, 2010 · 1:45 PM PDT

2010/07/06 · 13:45

NRDC recently released a report -- Reclamation FAIL -- that debunked the coal industry's propaganda that mountaintop removal mining is beneficial because (1) Appalachia needs more flat land and (2) flattened mine sites are routinely converted for economic development. Such claims are nothing more than a big, flat lie.

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Wednesday June 30, 2010 · 8:52 AM PDT

2010/06/30 · 08:52

Maybe the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should change its acronym from EPA to WTF.

How else to explain the perplexing and downright disgusting decision last week by the agnecy to recommend approval by the Corps of Engineers of a permit sought by Coal-Mac (subsidiary of Arch Coal) for the Pine Creek Surface Minein Logan County, West Virginia. So much for EPA's supposedly hard-line water protection standards issued in April which promised tougher oversight of mountaintop removal.

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Wednesday June 16, 2010 · 12:20 PM PDT

2010/06/16 · 12:20

Millions of Americans across the nation tuned in on their televisions to hear these words emanate from the Oval Office:

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Friday June 11, 2010 · 6:15 AM PDT

2010/06/11 · 06:15

There have been a slew of great mountaintop removal coal mining documentaries, most recently two amazing films with which NRDC has been proud to partner: Coal Countryand Deep Down. Now comes another powerful story from the director of the award-winning film Leveling Appalachia. The new film, by Chad A. Stevens, is called The Coal War.

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Thursday June 10, 2010 · 7:01 AM PDT

2010/06/10 · 07:01

"Children in eastern Kentucky draw creeks black. They don’t know they're supposed to run clear." -- Ashley Judd

She was a vision in white. Just as you might expect from a Hollywood starlet, Ashley Judd emerged from the back of the car stylishly dressed and perfectly coifed. A few fans awaiting her arrival approached for autographs and photos, for which she graciously complied. Then it was up to the top floor for a brief "meet-and-greet" reception with a few honored guests before her luncheon speech at the National Press Club yesterday, which NRDC arranged. With her Southern charm and natural grace, she dazzled the crowd with tales of her Appalachian heritage, her deep love of the land and people, and her extensive first-hand knowledge of the damage wrought by rapacious mining throughout the region she proudly calls home.

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Wednesday June 09, 2010 · 8:03 AM PDT

2010/06/09 · 08:03

Big stuff happening on the mountaintop removalfront, much of it coalescing today.

First, my dear friend Ashley Judd -- OK, we're not there yet but I have hope -- will be giving a speech that I helped arrange at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A Kentucky native and ardent activist, she'll be lending her celebrity to shine a spotlight on the ills of the world's worst coal mining. You can watch the speech liveon C-SPAN at 12:30pm ET.

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Tuesday June 08, 2010 · 8:24 AM PDT

2010/06/08 · 08:24

On June 3, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a natural gas well "blowout" shot natural gas and drilling fluids 75 feet into the air and onto the ground. As the name makes clear, a "blowout" is the industry’s term for a surge of pressurized oil or gas that causes an eruption -- basically the same thing that caused the explosion and fire at BP’s Deep Horizon offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. Fortunately, there were no injuries from the natural gas blowout. But that doesn't minimize the potential dangers.

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Friday May 28, 2010 · 7:17 AM PDT

2010/05/28 · 07:17

Without a doubt, the ongoing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a painful reminder that the nation's energy system is broken. In response, long-time NRDC trustee Robert Redford has created a powerful new public service announcement calling on the Obama administration to help get America off oil and jumpstart a clean energy future.

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Thursday May 27, 2010 · 7:50 AM PDT

2010/05/27 · 07:50

There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the seemingly never-ending, ever-worsening BP oil spill ravaging the Gulf of Mexico. Right now all eyes are on President Obama to rescue us from the disaster, but no easy fix appears likely. The only real solution is to break our addiction to oil. If the President does nothing else other than force Americans to confront that reality, he’ll have done his job.

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