Jeff Biggers
Jeff Biggers is the author of numerous books, including his latest: "Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition?" His previous works include: "State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream;" "The United States of Appalachia;" and "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland." Follow him on twitter: @JeffRBiggers
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Views Monday, June 02, 2014 Obama's 'War on Coal' Doesn't Exist On Monday, President Barack Obama is expected to announce a new Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants by 30 percent , setting a cap that will require states to trade or shift toward clean energy alternatives. U.S. Senate candidates in pivotal... Read more |
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Views Saturday, April 19, 2014 University Sit-In Shakes the Pillars of Big Coal Falling on the 100th anniversary of the Ludlow coal miners' massacre , a growing movement of citizens groups will gather on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis to join the great Washington University sit-in against Peabody Energy . The pillars of Big Coal are crumbling in St. Louis this week --... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Which Side Are You on? Why This Student Sit-in Against Peabody Coal Matters Entering its second week, the inspiring Washington University sit-in against Peabody Energy has already gone beyond its goals to cut school ties with the St. Louis-based coal giant, and forced the rest of the nation to ask themselves an urgent question in an age of climate change and reckless strip... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 01, 2014 Should Sierra Club Endorse Coal Rush/Fracking Gov. Quinn—Or Call Out Environmental Disaster? Is it enough for Illinois Gov. Read more |
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Views Friday, February 14, 2014 Will Illinois Coal Rush Spread West Virginia Disasters? Read more |
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Views Friday, January 31, 2014 If We Don't Put People Before Profits, Spills Like West Virginia Are Our Future Read more |
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Views Sunday, December 01, 2013 Free Mike Roselle From Jail: Free Appalachia From Mountaintop Removal Nearly four years ago, long-time environmental activist and Kentucky-native Mike Roselle sat in the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, with one simple message: Mountaintop removal mining, the most egregious human rights and environmental violation tolerated in our nation, must be abolished, not regulated. Read more |
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Views Sunday, October 13, 2013 Mother Jones Is Still Calling Out Deadbeat Coal Barons (on Coal Miner's Day) I hear Mother Jones calling. The deadbeat coal barons still need to be called out. Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 26, 2013 Does Illinois Host Nation's Worst Website for Kids on Coal? While Illinois Gov. Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 08, 2013 Pro-Fracking Greens Called Out in Sandra Steingraber's New Manifesto A new salvo has been fired in the national battle against fracking. Read more |