Monthly Archives: November 2006

true costs of coal in letter to Washington Post

Senator John Kerry mentions mountaintop removal, true costs of coal in letter to Washington Post Answers to ‘Greenhouse Guessing’ Tuesday, November 21, 2006; Page A26 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR2006112001133.html In “Greenhouse Guessing” [op-ed, Nov. 10], Robert J. Samuelson called for candor about the

RFK Jr. Brings Environmental Message to Campus

RFK Jr. brings environmental message to campus BY MIKE UNGER [UP_D07_211_058] Photo by Jeff Watts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. brought his message of environmental conservation and protection to AU Wednesday night, his visit marking a fitting highlight to the first

More Bands Cleaning Up Their Act

Peterborough, New Hampshire [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] As concern over energy security and global climate change grows, many musicians around the United States are greening their concerts using renewable energy. In addition to many other conservation efforts, Reverb ensures that tour buses use

Wells Fargo:Lootin and Pollutin’ in Coal Country

Here’s a short video Rainforest Action Network put together.

Landowner Driven Sustainable Forest Management and Value-Added Processing

The Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, LLC (MWC) is working to help members conduct sustainable forestry of the highest standards while increasing financial returns from harvest activities. MWC is a forest management, processing and marketing cooperative organized by and on behalf of

Pennsylvania Township Becomes First in the Nation to Ban Corporate Mining

Pennsylvania Township Becomes First in the Nation to Ban Corporate Mining, Becomes Third Municipality in Pennsylvania to Recognize the Rights Of Nature, and Seventh in the Nation to Strip Corporations of “Rights” CONTACT: Thomas Linzey, Esq. {encode=”tal@pa.net” title=”tal@pa.net”} (717) 709-0457

It is shocking

In an Associated Press article in the Nov. 5 Herald-Leader, Kentucky Coal Association President Bill Caylor commented on anti-surface mining organizations’ use of the Internet and Google Earth to display satellite images of mountaintop-removal mining sites. “I clearly think it’s

Churches Call for Changes in Rural Practices

Churches call for changes in rural practices Associated Press BARDSTOWN, Ky. – Some rural practices – such as mountaintop removal coal mining – are damaging the environment and should be discontinued, the Kentucky Council of Churches said at the conclusion

Thoughts on Volunteering and Interning

Over the past year and a half, I’ve interned and volunteered at AV and it has been an awesome experience. I think the most meaningful thing I’ve done was last spring, when I did a research project for a class

From Coal to Wind Power: creating a sustainable Appalachian economy

This post is intended to continue to bring to light the problems with current energy production and consumption, and show what one little corner of the world here in western North Carolina is doing to pitch in on a GLOBAL

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