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October flooding amplifies coal concerns
The Mat-Su Borough Assembly continues to disregard the health and safety of our communities LEARN MORE -
20,000 acres of our valley is targeted for coal mining
Multi-national coal companies are lining up to turn the Mat-Su into rubble. Banks are denying loans, and our properties and health are at risk. LEARN MORE -
Foreign Mining Corporation Rolls into Chickaloon
Will this industry and their machines respect private property? LEARN MORE
“True Cost of Coal” presentation @ Mat-Su College
Come check out this visual-storytelling event about the true costs of coal this Wednesday, March 20, 4:00PM @ Mat-Su College, Room 202. The Beehive Design Collective will present their illustrated mural with a lens on coal mining in Appalachia; connecting extraction, transportation and burning to the larger global context of energy consumption and climate change.
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– ACTION ALERT –
The Alaska Legislature is attempting to strip communities’ rights -preventing protection of our waterways and salmon streams from coal mines like Wishbone Hill- Senate Bill 26 would remove protections intended to help sustain our healthy fisheries and clean waterways. Moose Creek and other tributaries to the Matanuska and Susitna rivers that are threatened by coal...
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We Can’t Afford Big Coal
In addition to being dirty and unsafe for workers and the community, the coal industry is subsidized with public money for their profit and our loss. Let’s take action and stop paying the bills for the coal industry. Coal companies don’t pay much to the State, 5% of adjusted gross value. This coal is...