The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the 2011 decision by the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block a permit for the mine issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers due to unacceptable environmental harm it would cause.

U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. affirms district court; finds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reasonably and lawfully decided that huge mountaintop removal mine in WV would cause unacceptable environmental harm

Amicus brief for the D.C. Circuit court hearing in the second round of Mingo Logan’s case challenging EPA’s Spruce veto.

Federal Court Upholds EPA Veto of Spruce Mountaintop Removal Mine

Finds coal industry’s case against EPA action baseless

The Mingo Logan coal company’s Spruce No. 1 mine—one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed—would bury over six miles of pristine mountain streams in rubble and destroy thousands of acres of forest. Appalachian ally groups fought back against the mine from the beginning, and for more than a decade succeeded in stalling its…

Refuses to hear baseless case against the EPA for blocking extreme WV mountaintop removal mine

Decision upholds the U.S. EPA’s power to protect communities from mountaintop removal mining

Unanimous panel of judges rule for EPA in coal industry lawsuit

D.C. Circuit rules against coal industry on Spruce Mine veto

Amici curiae brief filed by Earthjustice, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, Sierra Club, and Natural Resources Defense Council in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s veto of the Spruce No. 1 mountaintop removal coal mine in West Virginia.

Agency files appeal to persevere in protection of Appalachian waters, communities

Citizens vow to fight harder against mountaintop removal mining

District court rules in case involving issue of EPA authority to protect waters

The story of one woman’s fight to save her homeland

Oppose lawsuit brought by coal company that seeks to overturn EPA’s historic decision to protect West Virginia streams

Movement to stop the destruction picks up after historic EPA action on MTR