Monthly Archives: November 2007

Tree-Lover Gooch?

Kentucky made headlines this week, when the great Gooch! (Rep. Jim Gooch) – Chairman of Kentucky’s House Natural Resources and Environment Committee – held a hearing challenging the validity of global warming. Its been noted that Gooch has been friendly

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Moral compass points South again

WORLD’S MORAL COMPASS POINTS TO THE SOUTH AGAIN American Southerners are independent folk — independent enough to stand for the truth, even if it means standing alone. A few weeks ago, Al Gore joined five other Southerners who have also

Duh

via the New Yorker!

The Great American “Resource Curse”

Most of us have seen what mountaintop removal (MTR) does to our beloved mountains and precious headwaters. We’ve heard anecdotes from the people who live there. We’ve even gotten the scoop from our beltway champion, Congressman Pallone on DailyKos the

2007 Pickin’ for the Mountains

You’re Invited! You, along with your family and friends are cordially invited to Appalachian Voices’ Annual Pickin’ for the Mountains — a fundraising event to benefit Appalachian Voices! Music by the everybodyfields, The Sheets, The Worthless Son-in Laws, and Appalachian

Is John Edwards Coming Around on Mountaintop Removal?

Senator John Edwards, Democratic Presidential hopeful, notoriously voted to increase mountintop removal mining in 1999. While the vote he cast was for an amendment that never made it into law, Senator Edwards has never explicitly stated that he regrets voting

A THIRD chance: DAQ extended comment period for Cliffside Power Plant expansion near Charlotte, NC

See our website for more information about the proposed Cliffside Powerplant or air pollution in general. Recently, the North Carolina Utilities Commission announced plans to allow Duke Energy to build a new 800-megawatt coal-fired power plant at its Cliffside facility

Powershift 2007

I was fortunate to be a part of the Powershift 2007 conference in Washington DC, where over 6,000 young people came to learn, teach each other, and lobby Congress on climate change, mountaintop removal, and ending American reliance on dirty

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