"Following the news that EPA would let 42 mountaintop mining operations proceed in Appalachia, protesters took to three West Virginia mining sites on Saturday, chaining themselves to giant coal trucks, draping a sign on a coal sludge pond, and taking a public stand against a practice that is threatening their homes and devastating their mountains."
"“They left a banner on top of 7 billion gallons of toxic waste and they got charged with littering,” Noerpel said."
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090524/17-arrested-west-virginia-protesting-mountaintop-mining
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
NYTimes now in debt to Carlos Slim and Harbinger has two seats on its board....
"Harbinger acquired its stake in the NYTimes in 2007. Since then, the $500 million investment has lost more than three quarters of its value. Harbinger has two seats on the Times board of directors."..."The Times' $1 billion-plus in debt forced it to take a loan from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim worth $250 million earlier this year.[2009] The Times paid $4.5 million up front to borrow the money and will pay 14% interest." http://www.thewrap.com/article/fortune-geffen-almost-had-his-hands-new-york-times)
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