Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination

Excellent piece in The Guardian this past Sunday, providing an update on the past decade of #industrialcleanup and #soilremediation in NE Oklahoma, under the strwardship of the Quapaw Nation

#envhist
#PeoplesHistory
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#stripmining
#publichealth
#waterpolitics
#BloodLeadLevels

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

On October 11, 1946, Roy Lee Harmon of Raleigh County was appointed West Virginia’s poet laureate for the second time. #todayinwvhistory #stripmining
archive.wvculture.org/history/teacherresources...

#StripMining #SaveOldTrees

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Being #wealthy and #free is #Hell on a dead (or dying) #planet, too.

#environment #pollution #deforestation #FossilFuel #fracking #CoalAsh #StripMining #storms #drought #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #PlasticPollution

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust

Trump's Greenland Obsession May Be About Extracting Metals for Tech Billionaires The great battle for Greenland is probably all about resources to make apps like ChatGPT better.

I thought it was about having a strategic military site to temper Russian moves into the Arctic as climate change continues. Turns out it’s more banal than that #FollowTheMoney #StripMining #Lithium #Broligarchs

#StripMining has also significantly reduced the number of jobs in the area; & the mining companies don't care about employees: "The workers are as disposable as the mountain", w/no union representation, & no cares about employee safety....

#health impacts of #stripMining: coal dust can lead to obstructions on the lungs that block the flow of oxygen into the blood, increases the likelihood of contracting other lung diseases like tuberculosis or pneumonia, & linked w/cancer & kidney diseases....