by MCDC | Feb 10, 2014 | Action Alerts, Coal, Environment
On February 3, a Duke Energy coal ash pond ruptured—spilling more than 80,000 tons of coal ash into North Carolina’s Dan River. Enough toxic sludge to fill 73 Olympic-sized pools. But this was no accident. In the past year, three Clean Water Act lawsuits were filed...
by MCDC | Jan 28, 2014 | Action Alerts, Environment, Global Warming, Keystone XL, Video
America is being sucker punched. If Keystone XL is approved, the Koch Brothers stand to make $100 billion while the USA is left out in the cold. That’s because oil transported by this pipeline would go through our country, only to be exported worldwide. This is...
by MCDC | Jan 25, 2014 | Coal, Environment, Virginia
By Mary Anne Hitt We know the coal industry is getting away with poisoning our waterways nationwide, and a new study of federal data by the Associated Press shows just that. Coal industry chemicals and waste “have tainted hundreds of waterways and groundwater...
by MCDC | Jan 22, 2014 | Environment
By day, Shamley is a consultant and natural resources coordinator for Arizona’s Apache County. But by night, he’s a conspiracy theorist who until recently hosted an online radio show called The Hour of the Time, during which he speculates that UFO...
by MCDC | Jan 21, 2014 | Action Alerts, Citizens United, Employment, Environment, Ethics, Global Warming, Immigration Reform, Minimum Wage, Privacy
For decades, one shadowy right-wing group has helped powerful corporations introduce and pass legislation quietly in nearly every state. They write entire bills from start to finish in a massive coordinated effort to push their conservative agenda at the state level....
by MCDC | Jan 15, 2014 | Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Education, Employment, Environment, Health Care
“A MOVEMENT, not a Moment!” If you believe that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, if you understand that what happens in North Carolina has implications for the future of the nation, if you believe that we can build a moral movement together to...