The devastation wrought by mountaintop-removal mining was brought into tight focus by Catherine Pancake of Baltimore (a native West Virginian), with the 2006 release of her documentary Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice, to which CP devoted a cover story that year. The film went on to win numerous awards,...
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Catherine Pancake On the Impact of Black Diamonds, Her 2006 Film About Mountaintop Removal
Portion of Maidens Choice Run Restored in West Baltimore
The restored area of Maidens Choice Run behind Beechfield Elementary. | Image by CP Digicam Mayor Sheila Dixon addresses the crowd at the dedication of the restored watershed area. | Image by CP Digicam In 2005, the Maidens Choice Run streambed behind Beechfield Elementary School in West Baltimore was a dumping ground—it was overgrown,...
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Baltimore: A Top 10 Sustainable City
Baltimore has made another Top 10 list–this time, though, it’s not a list of the most murderous, drug-addled, or crime-ridden cities. Sustain Lane, an online “people-powered guide to sustainable living,” has ranked Baltimore as the 10th most sustainable metropolitan city in the country, ranked right up there with Portland, Ore. (No. 1), Seattle (No....
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