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- Mountaintop Removal Blasting Above Sundial, WV, Aug. 13, 2015
- Mountaintop Removal Flyover Oct 10, 2015
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- Flyover With 60 Minutes Dec. 10, 2015 (flyover By Southwings.org)
- Flyover March 8, 2016 Part 1 Coal River Mountain
- Flyover March 8, 2016 Part 2 Cherry Pond Mountain: Edwight, Naoma
- Flyover March 8, 2016 Part 3 Cherry Pond Mountain (Twilight, Jarrell Cemetery)
- Links
- CRMW In The News 2025
- Cessation Orders Issued For Active Mine Permits
- It's Giving Tuesday--Please Chip In
- Thanks For Speaking Out
- Oppose A NEW Mountaintop Removal Permit On Coal River Mountain
- Comment 9/30/25 To Protect 3 Square Miles Of Forest, 3 Miles Of Streams, And Keep 56 Million Tons Of Coal In The Ground
- Keep 56 Million Tons Of Coal In The Ground
- Thanks For The Car!
- Still Needing $ For Our Monitoring Vehicle
- Lexington Coal Company's Doubly Delinquent $3 Million In Fines
- Comment 3/25/2025 To Oppose Renewal Of A Waste Coal Reprocessing Site
- Remember Buffalo Creek
- Environmental Groups Sue To Challenge Mountaintop Removal Mine On Coal River Mountain
- We Need A Replacement Truck
- Citizens' Enforcement Program Update
- Citizens Enforcement Program Update
- Holding Them Accountable
- Public Hearing March 21, 5 PM, Regarding Renewal Of Mountaintop Removal Permit
- Say No To Renewal Of Mountaintop Removal
- Giving Tuesday Fundraiser For The Judy Bonds Center For Appalachian Preservation
- CRMW Holds WVDEP, Lexington Coal Co. Accountable
- Oppose More New Mountaintop Removal Today
- We Object To Renewed Mountaintop Removal
- 50 Year Anniversary Of Buffalo Creek Disaster
- Just Say No To Renewed Mountaintop Removal
- Year End Update
- Recent Aerial Videos
- We Still Object
- We Object
- More Death Approved
- Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act Introduced
- Stop Poisoning Our Community
- Tell WVDEP To Deny New Mountaintop Removal On Coal River Mountain
- Throwback Thursday: Victory Ten Years Ago
- Court: Northern Long-eared Bat Was Unlawfully Denied Endangered Species Protection
- Happy New Year From Coal River Mountain Watch!
- Recent Flyover Videos Of Coal River Mountain
- Tadpole Project Cleanup Saturday Sept 21
- College Students Tour Active Mountaintop Removal
- Peachtree Falls Cleanup Photos
- Celebrate 20 Years With Us July 20!
- Vote Tadpole!
- Mountaintop Removal Health Hearing April 9 At 2
- Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act Introduced
- Mountaintop Removal On Coal River Mountain
- Intern Spotlight
- Human Rights Watch Report: The Coal Mine Next Door
- Groups Sue Alpha For Unlawful Mountaintop Removal
- Take Action To Deny An Invalid Mountaintop Removal Permit
- Public Hearings For Electric Rate Hikes
- Eagle 2 Mountaintop Removal Update
- Eagle 2 Update
- Voices For Appalachia - A Portrait-Story Project - Displayed At The Judy Bonds Center
- 6th Annual Peachtree Falls Cleanup
- CRMW Testimony At Congressional Coal Hearing
- Coal River Mountain Watch Program Summary
- Tadpole Project Update, Pitch In This Monday
- New Drone, New Breathtaking Videos
- New Coal Violation Pollutes Coal River
- Federal Health Study Shenanigans
- CREEK Scavenger Hunt
- Growing Like A Weed
- 1,200 Excess Deaths Every Year
- Must Watch! Dr. Hendryx On Why Mountaintop Removal Must End.
- Coal River Hemp Update
- WV PSC: Suspend And Deny Double-Digit Electric Rate Hikes
- Save Coal River Mountain
- Tadpole Project Cemetery Cleanup
- Reunited And It Feels So...Nasty: Alpha & Contura Merge
- They Crossed The Line
- Stripping Away Coal River Mountain
- Coal River Hemp Workshop Saturday, March 31
- Speak Out April 12
- Thank You Students!
- Mountaintop Removal Update
- Dumps Are Higher And Better Use Of Mountains?
- On The Big Screen And On The Road
- Mountain Music And Medicinals (and Tacos)
- Senate Intern Gets STEEP Tour
- Thanks And Farewell To Our January Intern From Oberlin College
- Mountaintop Removal Violations Just Keep Piling Up
- Mountaintop Removal Blasting Complaint, 7-mile Radius
- Year-end Donations For Tadpole Project And CREEK
- Challenge Met!
- Battery Not Included
- Welcome To Our Hemp Project Volunteer
- STEEP Challenge 9 Days Left
- CRIMP Reveals New Violation On Coal River Mountain
- Showing And Telling On The Road
- #GivingTuesday Matching Donations For The STEEP Challenge
- Putting A CRIMP In Mountaintop Removal
- A STEEP Climb Lies Ahead
- China Investing In WV Fracking And Chemicals
- Great News! Huge STEEP Steps Taken For 100% Solar!
- What Lies Upstream? Upwind? Uphill?
- Revolt: Coal River Mountain (Newsy Report On Mountaintop Removal And Health)
- A STEEP Challenge To Go Solar
- New Drone Footage Of Mountaintop Removal On Coal River Mountain
- VICE....This Guy Flies Drones Over Coal Mines To Monitor Toxic Slurry Lakes
- Alpha Natural Resources Cited For 8th And 9th Violations At Mountaintop Removal Site On Coal River Mountain
- Remember Labor Day!
- Remembering Judy Bonds On Her 65th Birthday
- Mountaintop Removal Health Review Halted
- Coal Or Solar? Let's Go Solar!
- Alpha Natural Resources Ordered To Show Cause To Keep Permit
- Come To The Informal Conference (Public Hearing) To Oppose Another Mountaintop Removal Renewal
- Mountain Music And Herbal Medics This Week
- New Mountaintop Removal Photos, Coal River Mountain
- CREEK In The Creek
- See After Coal In Toledo And Stay For The Discussion Panel
- Final Order On Long Ridge #1 Mountaintop Removal Appeal
- A MOAB A Day, What We Do At CRMW, And How To Help
- Mystery Murky Messes, Oh My!
- Breaking Laws And Failing To Enforce At WV Dept. Of Environmental "Protection"
- Mountaintop Removal Public Health Hearing Update
- Come To The Mountaintop Removal Public Health Hearing May 23
- Surface Mine Board Hearing Result
- Come To Our Hearing May 9; Show Your Support
- Blasting Above Coal River Mountain Communities
- Support Tadpole Project Cleanup Saturday April 29
- Massive Destruction On Coal River Mountain: New Drone Video
- Paula's Words Go Viral
- Spring Break Part 2: Miami U. And Hamilton College With Coal River Mountain Watch
- Alternative Spring Break Students Pitch In And Learn About Mountaintop Removal
- Growing Destruction On Coal River Mountain
- Remember Buffalo Creek And Take Action
- Take Action To Terminate A 2,000-acre Mountaintop Removal Permit On Coal River Mountain
- Blood On The Mountain: DVD And Digital Release Plus Free Screening
- Trump Revokes Clean Water Protections
- Bill To Halt New Mountaintop Removal Introduced In US House
- Maria Gunnoe, 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, Joins Coal River Mountain Watch Staff
- Groups Intervene To Protect The Stream Protection Rule
- New Mountaintop Removal Approved On Coal River Mountain
- CREEK Kids Christmas Party
- Oppose New Mountaintop Removal In Tennessee
- Stream Protection Rule Finalized (Finally)
- What Would You Do If You Knew This Place?
- Alpha Committed Fraud, Alleges WVDEP In Federal Bankruptcy Court
- Stop New Mountaintop Removal On Coal River Mountain
- New Photos, Up Close On Coal River Mountain
- Rally To Save Coal River Mountain: Photos And Audio
- Eyes In The Sky, Boots On The Ground
- Stand With Maxima; Sign To Oppose Violence Against Mountain Defenders
- Rally To Save Coal River Mountain Oct. 17
- New Drone Video Of Mountaintop Removal On Coal River Mountain
- Support Frontlines For Free
- Classical Composition: Coal River Mountain-An Aerial View
- Protect West Virginia's Precious Water
- Federal Mountaintop Removal Health Study Announced
- July 23 Flyover Of Coal River Mountain
- Coal River Mountain Hearing On New Destruction
- New Mountaintop Removal Site Visit June 28, 2016
- Video And Petition: Save Coal River Mountain
- WVDEP Reaches Agreement In Principle With Alpha
- Yet Another Mountaintop Removal Site Planned
- New Mountaintop Removal Planned For Coal River Mountain
- Campadre Antonio Zambarino
- Blankenship Sentenced To Year In Prison
- New Flyover Photos And TV News Report Of Our Work
- 60 Minutes To Air "King Of Coal" Segment
- Another New Mountaintop Removal Permit Proposed For Coal River Mountain
- Please Vote For CREEK--Coal River Environmental Education For Kids--to Win $10K Grant
- Bankrupt Alpha Executives' Bonuses Approved
- Remembering Judy Bonds: 5 Years
- Top 12 For 2015
- The Jury Is In
- Junior Walk Addresses Bioneers Conference
- Coal River Mountain Watch Vs United States Department Of The Interior
- Thanksgiving And Daily Shopping Can Support Our Work
- Breathtaking Aerial Video Of Our Community
- New Mountaintop Removal Flyover Photos Posted
- Alpha To Close Edwight Mountaintop Removal Site
- Be The 1% (in A Good Way)
- Easy As Pie, FREE Way To Support Coal River Mountain Watch
- Groups Launch Lawsuit To Protect Threatened Bats From Mountaintop Removal
- Stream Protection Rule Comments And Hearings
- Day To Serve With The Tadpole Project
- Judy Bonds Said, "Fight Harder And Finish Them Off"
- Mountaintop Removal Blasting Above Coal River Communities
- Alpha Natural Resources Files For Bankruptcy
- Public Hearing July 7 For New Mountaintop Removal Application On Coal River Mountain
- Federal Agency Wants Mountaintop Removal Health Review
- Please Vote For The Judy Bonds Center For Appalachian Preservation
- New Mountaintop Removal Application For Coal River Mountain
- Report From Jeff Biggers : CREDO Launches National Drive To End Cancer-Linked Mountaintop Removal Mining
- Two Crayfishes Threatened By Mountaintop-removal Mining In West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia Proposed For Endangered Species List
- Legal Action Taken To Protect West Virginia From Lax Oversight Of Mountaintop- Removal Coal Mining
- Put Your Foot Down! No More Mountaintop Removal Permits!
- Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act Reintroduced
- Get Your Perks And Support The Judy Bonds Center For Appalachian Preservation!
- Coal River Mountain Watch Rolls Out Campaign For The Judy Bonds Center!
- UBB Victim's Father Reacts To Blankenship Indictment
- FORMER MASSEY ENERGY CEO INDICTED
- Our Roots Run Deep As IRONWEED By Shannon Bell
- Showdown In Coal Country By VICE With Junior Walk
- Yet Another Study On Mountaintop Removal, This One LINKING Mountaintop Removal Dust To CANCER
- Federal Scientists Link Communities Hazardous Dust To Mountaintop Removal
- Inadequate WVDEP Enforcement At James C. Justice’s WV-3 Surface Mine
- The Ballad Of Fenton Wells
- The Ballad Of Fenton Wells By Chris Jarrell
- USGS Halts Research On Mountaintop Removal’s Public-health Effects
- On 10th Day Of Fasting For The Mountains, 85-year Old Veteran, Supporters, To Hold Press Conference
- Coal River Mountain Watch's Own Bob Kincaid On MSNBC
- West Virginia Citizens Action For Real Enforcement (WV CARE)
- Ruling In Brushy Fork Case Shows Alpha Violating Clean Water Act
- Remembering Buffalo Creek
- Federal Court Strikes Down Bush-Era Stream-Dumping Rule Pro-mountaintop Removal Measure And Threat To Clean Water Gets The Axe
- Want To Know More About The Charleston Chemical Spill?
- Getting Help To Residents Affected By Toxic Spill
- Press Release: C.A.R.E.Campaign Partners Support W.Va. Residents
- For Immediate Release: C.A.R.E. Campaign Partners Support W.Va. Residents
- Voices For Appalachia, A Portrait-Story Project Displayed At Coal River Mountain Watch
- Fall Summit 2013: What A Blast!
- Tadpole Project Joins Statewide Cleanup
- Naoma Community Garden Update
- Mountain Justice Fall Summit 2013
- Court Rules To Protect WV Waterways From Mining Pollution
- Citizen Action For Real Enforcement
- Coal River Mountain Watch, OVEC, And Christians For The Mountains Join More Than 200 Groups Urging Action By President Obama
- Founding Member Of Coal River Mountain Watch, Janice Nease, Passed Away Monday July 8, 2013
- West Virginia Coalition Launches Campaign For Better Enforcement Of Mining Laws: Files Formal Petition For Federal Intervention
- Help Clean Our Waterways
- Tell Gov. Tomblin To Block The Expansion Of The Brushy Fork Sludge Dam!
- Don't Let Them Strip Coal River Mountain!
- House Representatives Introduce Bill To Address Appalachian Health Crisis And............................ Stop Mountaintop Removal
- Pathway To A Brighter Future!
- An Invitation To Celebrate Joan Mulhern's Legacy - January 15th
- Patriot Coal Agreed To Cease Mountaintop Removal
- Army Corps Fails To Consider Human Cost Of Two Proposed Coal Mines
- Please Attend: Informal Conferences At DEP Regarding Mulberry Fork Surface Mine And Glenco Hollow Surface Mine
- Come To The Mountain Justice Fall Summit
- Celebrating Larry Gibson: The Life And Legacy Of The Keeper Of The Mountains
- Appalachian Coal Exports Increasing
- CRMW Members Appeal Surface Mine Board Decision
- More Strip Mining Proposed On Coal River Mountain
- Bill Calling For Moratorium On Mountaintop Removal Permitting Introduced In The U.S. House Of Representatives
- Update: Mining On Coal River Mountain
- Feds Say WV Dept Of Environmental Protection Illegally Extended MTR Permit
- Endangered River
- Testimony On Health Impacts Of Mountaintop Removal.
- Alpha to pay $50 million for selenium treatment
- Occupy Wall Street
- Health Impacts Of Mining Center Of Legal Action
- Congressional Oversight Hearing
- CRMW and RAMPS to Host MJ Fall Summit
- Moment of Silence
- Whose side is the DEP on?
- Report from Citizens' Inspection of Coal River Mountain
- MTR and Cancer in Coal River Valley
- Hearing for Strip Mines on Coal River Mtn
- Demand a moratorium on mountaintop removal
- Mountaintop removal linked to birth defects
- The Last Mountain screening in Charleston
- New Resources Available!
- Action Alert: Save Coal River Mountain!
- Action Alert: Hold West Virginia's DEP accountable!
- "On Coal River" Screenings In April & May
- "Dirty Business" screening Mar. 2nd
- Citizen Enforcement Training
- "Impact of Coal on Our Lives" Rally
- Breaking News! EPA vetoes largest MTR mine!
- Appalachian activist, hero Judy Bonds public memorial
- Remembering Judy Bonds
- Coal River Mountain update
- Public Comments on Blair Mountain Mining
- Bo Webb wins 2010 Purpose Prize!
- Coal River Valley Fires
- OSM Holds Open House
- Two showings of Coal Country in WV this summer!
- Polluted Water in Coal River Near Marsh Fork Elementary
- From the coalfields to the Capitol
- Dirty Secret of mountaintop removal on national TV
- Spruce No. 1 Clean Water Act Permit Hearing
- Finally: funding for a new Marsh Fork Elementary
- Donate to the Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund
- Tragedy On The Coal River
- DEP Denies Public Hearing For Edwight Show Cause
- From Coal River Valley to Washington DC
- EPA Investigates Massey Operations
- Take action to Save Coal River Mountain!
- Army Corps: Stop Rubber-Stamping Valley Fill Permits!
- Anti-mountaintop Removal Arrestees Need Your Help!
CRMW In The News 2025
Dec 25, 2025
Coal River Mountain Watch
PO Box 303
Naoma, WV 25140
304-854-2182, coalriver[at]crmw[dot]net