Mardi Gras migrates to mountains
March 2, 2011
Before you head home for spring break, stay in Blacksburg an extra day to celebrate Mardi Gras early while helping a great cause.
Content on Mountaintop Removal:
Tech students explore W.Va. mountaintop mining, one man's fight to stop it
April 1, 2010
Last weekend a group of Virginia Tech students and Blacksburg community members took a trip to the mountains of West Virginia. They were not there to camp or hike, but to hear from one man about the abuse he endured after refusing to sell his land to coal
Column: Mountaintop removal has negative community impact
April 30, 2009
Having just finished "Lost Mountain" by Erik Reece for my Literature and Ecology class, I am motivated to share my new knowledge concerning mountaintop removal, what I am newly convinced is one of the world's most dire problems.
October 15, 2008
West Virginia residents have recently been subjected to mountaintop removal, an extreme version of strip mining that essentially blows away the land surrounding individual homes and communities.