Monthly Archives: March 2008

More from Senator Clinton

An imperfect, but improved answer from last week: Courier-Journal Interview: Q: Mountaintop mining has been a big issue in Kentucky. How would you approach that issue? A: This is one of these areas where we’ve got to get everybody together

More from Senator Obama in Beckley

Obama took more questions and eventually looked over at the man in the neon-green ball cap and sweat shirt, our own Larry Gibson. Obama, like many of us, noticed Larry’s dogged persistence: the Presidential candidate invited Larry to speak, saying,

TAKE ACTION: Fast Food Packaging Campaign

Who: Dogwood Alliance and You What: Fast Food Packaging Campaign: Southern Exposure Media Tour Where: A City near you—to find a list of planned events, click here. https://www.dogwoodalliance.org/content/view/188/135/ When: Thursday, March 27th—Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Why: Dogwood Alliance is kicking

App Voices on the Airwaves

A Kohmist and the KohmEST were featured last week on the trusty ol’ FM radio. I was on the excellent and always entertaining “Head On Radio with Bob Kincaid” last Thursday (3/20), talking about Presidential politics and Appalachia. Bob’s show

Time’s World Water Crisis

TIME just ran a series of photographs chronicling the “World Water Crisis.” Of all the photographs, developing countries dominated the bad news. Africa, India, Asia, China were heavily featured in pictures of aquatic degradation and scarcity. But one photograph jumped

Barack Obama in Beckley

Beth Vorhees reporting on WV Public Broadcast: (audio) On questions like this and another one on mountaintop removal mining Obama didn’t take firm positions. instead he discussed how he approaches controversial issues. Obama: My job as President and one of

North Carolina is at the “center of the nationwide effort to stop construction of coal-fired plant

Appalachian Voices and N.C. WARN are leading the charge against the new Duke power plant being constructed at Cliffside in Western North Carolina. On Monday the two agencies filed an appeal in court seeking to halt construction of the new

Responses to Hillary’s position on MTR

Lots of buzz on the net regarding Hillary’s take on MTR yesterday. Of the 400+ comments I saw, I didn’t see one person defend her position. Even some of her supporter were up in arms. Here’s a sample. David Sassoon

Hillary Clinton on MTR

Beth Vorhees interviews Hillary Clinton on West Virginia Public Broadcast: (audio) Hillary on MTR: (unofficial transcript) I am concerned about it for all the reasons people state, but I think its a difficult question because of the conflict between the

Into the Woods Celebration & Auction

Into the Woods Celebration and Auction Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition Friday, April 18th the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition presents the fifth annual Into the Woods Celebration and Auction from 6pm-10pm at the historic On Broadway in vibrant downtown Asheville. The

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