Media
Welcome to the Media Page. Here you will find resources for both the press and general public, as well as links to various articles and blogs mentioning the Coal River Mountain Wind Campaign. Take the time to look through these and spread the word by writing letters to your local media, and sharing information about our campaign with everyone you know.
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Following is a partial list of news and blogs discussing or mentioning the Coal River Wind Farm:
News/Op-Eds
Dueling PR campaigns compete for coal’s fate
One backs industry, other likes wind power. This morning, West Virginia political leaders and industry officials will gather at a Charleston hotel to promote coal’s role in meeting the nation’s energy needs.
By Ken Ward Jr. August 19, 2008
W.Va. group honored for wind power proposal
W.Va. group recognized for proposal to use mountain for wind instead of coal energy
September 03, 2008
NEW YORK (Associated Press) -
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/94ca5f5fed7caf293435a65c702bee6e.htm
Environmental Group Turns to the Internet
WVNS, WV – Aug 19, 2008
WHITESVILLE- — The Coal River Mountain Watch launched its national campaign Tuesday to educate people about wind-farm power. The group is using its Web
How Wind Farms May Really Replace Coal Mining
By Peter Slavin, AlterNet. Posted August 19, 2008.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/95535/how_wind_farms_may_really_replace_coal_mining/
Ralegh County Mountain At Center of Coal vs. Wind Debate
Written By Pam Kasey at the State Journal
http://statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=42554
Obama: A Mighty Wind Awaits You on Coal River Mountain
By Jeff Biggers on the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/obama-a-mighty-wind-await_b_111563.html
Millennia-old idea of wind power still a good one
Op-Ed, Charleston Gazette
By Nick Regalado of Rock Creek, WV
http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/Op-EdCommentaries/200807151139
Coal River residents suggest wind farm over mining
RALEIGH COUNTY COMMISSION
By Fred Pace at the Register-Herald
http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_155220219.html
Time is Now to Change Vision on Energy Use
Op Ed, Register-Herald
By Bo Webb of Naoma, WV
http://www.register-herald.com/archivesearch/local_story_207174547.html
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Blogs
On a wind and a prayer
West Virginian advocates push to build a wind farm on a proposed mountaintop removal site
Posted by Kate Sheppard at 4:19 PM on 21 Aug 2008
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/21/141713/374/
An Alternative to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in West Virginia
by Greg Haegele, Sierra Club
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/coal-river-wind-alternative.php
The Coal River Mountain Plan: Will West Virginia Go Green or Go Backwards?
Written by Ariel Schwartz
http://ecolocalizer.com/
Antidote to Coal
Written by Erin Shaw
http://www.realitysandwich.com/antidote_coal
Coal River Mountain Wind Farm Big Hit at Charleston’s MoveOn Meeting
Written by One Citizen at West Virginia Blue
http://www.wvablue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2858
Coal River Residents Suggest Wind Farm Over Mining
Written by Sparki, Rainforest Action Network
http://understory.ran.org/2008/06/05/coal-river-residents-suggest-wind-farm-over-mining/