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All eyes were on Soccer City yesterday as the World Cup played out. However, few eyes were seeing it from above, which is the perspective that reveals the neighboring mountains of waste from gold mines.

Over 500 of America’s oldest mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining – but a majority of Americans don’t realize that they are connected to this destruction through their electricity. We need to get this message out across the country and put the pressure on Washington to end mountaintop removal.

This powerful new ad, narrated by Kentucky native Ashley Judd, is based on the most talked-about political commercial in America’s history. We need your help to get this commercial on air. Please donate to help air our ad and help spread the word!

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The Oceans are Already Suffering Enough
Japan has to import a lot of rare metals that are used by its high-tech industry. To secure its supply lines, the government is thinking of pushing for underwater mining within the country's territorial waters. Is it a good idea?

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While recent research has shown that eastern US forests are growing faster as the climate changes, overall the total forest cover throughout the region has shown "significant" decline in since t

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Lisa Jackson announced a new EPA guidance document today that will create new standards for mountaintop removal project permits.

Paul Steiger at the Samara / Massey Journalism Seminar; Photo credit Salim Bamakhrama

Much of the Canadian media elite gathered at the Samara / Massey Journalism Seminar to hear Paul Steiger, former managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and now editor-in-chief of ProPublica, a non-profit investigative newsroom in New York.