Appalachian Voices and iLoveMountains.org are helping to spear-head an effort to stop mountaintop removal by working with small local blogs from around the country, the success of which is based on the participation of the blogging community and of new…
Monthly Archives: June 2008
ALERT: Request public hearing on Mercury and other pollutants from the proposed Cliffside coal plant
If you are concerned about global warming, air and water pollution, or mountaintop removal coal mining, we need your help to push Duke Energy’s dirty coal plant “off the Cliffside”. Please request a new set of public hearings in your…
16,600 viewers of America’s Most Endangered Mountains video series!
One more update on iLoveMountains.org: As of today, 16,600 people have watched one or more of the America’s Most Endangered Mountains video series! Holy Mackerel Batman!
214 Bloggers in the iLoveMountains.org Blogger’s Challenge… so far.
Man, the iLoveMountains.org Blogger’s Challenge is heating up! In the 2 weeks since the launch, 214 bloggers have pledged to help end mountaintop removal coal mining by spreading the word. Oh, and check out the Bloggers’ Impact Map
Naturalists Notebook – Switchgrass
You’ve probably driven by fields full of switch grass a hundred times and never known it. Varieties of the warm season grass – Panicum virgatum – can be found all over the Southeast and the Midwest. Switch grass looks humble…
Letters to the editor
Dear Editor, Every article is different, stimulating, provocative, and something you won’t find anyplace else. Thanks. Su Clauson-Wicher Chilhowie, VA Dear Appalachian Voices, Finally, my Economic Stimulus “Kicker” from the Federal Gov’t. came, and I was able to donate part…
Natural gas — Appalachia’s other energy dilemma
Stand on a ridgeline in southwestern Virginia. You’ll see lush hardwood forests, dark-green groves of rhododendron, blue skies … and square, neat clearings, marked by green tanks and red well heads. They dot almost every ridge, every nook and knob…
Appalachian Voices’ and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Discuss Mountaintop Removal on Ring of Fire Podcast
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio, and Appalachian Voices’ Mary Anne Hitt discuss the destructiveness of Mountaintop Removal coal mining on the Air America Radio Show, Ring of Fire. To listen to the podcast, CLICK HERE
NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources to Limit Pollutants from the New Cliffside Power Plant
The press release from the North Carolina Dept of Environment and Natural Resources follows below… Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Release: Immediate Contact: Diana Kees Date: June 2, 2008…
Join the Blogger’s Challenge
Appalachian Voices, in conjunction with iLoveMountains.org is pleased to announce the America’s Most Endangered Mountains video series.. We are trying a new grassroots technique called the Bloggers’ Challenge to spread the word about what mountaintop removal is doing to our…
