American Rivers named the Coal River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® today, shining a national spotlight on the threat mountaintop removal mining poses to clean water and public health. The announcement of the Coal is particularly timely, with the nation commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act this year, and Congress considering drastic rollbacks to clean water safeguards.

Members of the ACHE (Appalachian Community Health Emergency) coalition recently attended a Congressional briefing on April 16th on the impacts of mountaintop removal mining on community health. Click here for the presentations.

Tell the Office of Surface Mining to revoke the expired Eagle II permit on Coal River Mountain. Click here!

We are very excited that the award-winning documentary film "On Coal River," which features the work of Coal River Valley activists, is now available for free online.

Coal River Mountain Watch announces the creation of a new section on our website entitled "The Health Impacts of Mountaintop Removal and Coal Mining."  Coal River Mountain Watch works to protect the health and safety of communities impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining and has long argued that this form of mining has serious consequences for the health of people in surrounding communities. Recent peer-reviewed scientific studies have confirmed this observation.

CRMW's allies at the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Sierra Club, and Appalachian Mountain Advocates scored a major legal victory earlier this week, securing a settlement agreement with Patriot Coal that will require the company to clean up selenium pollution from three of its mountaintop removal sites (Hobet 21, Ruffner, and Samples).