Monthly Archives: February 2009

Willie Nelson in the new movie “Fuel”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Lisa Doty 828-265-4852 MOUNTAINKEEPERS & APPS FILM COUNCIL SPONSOR SHOWING OF “FUEL” Boone, NC (February 24, 2009) — Willie Nelson is not only an accomplished singer/songwriter, but he also is quite an advocate

Mountain Monday: Introducing… Bills! Lies! Politicians!

Not One More Mile! Over 700 people joined Kentuckians for the Commonwealth for I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort, KY. The group marched over a half mile from downtown Frankfort near the Kentucky River, the headwaters of which have been

TheDirtyLie.com Launched

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AIMS TO GET COAL INDUSTRY TO COME CLEAN ON THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF COAL Click the movie above to watch “The Amazing Disappearing Mountains” from TheDirtyLie.com Boone, NC – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman of Waterkeeper Alliance and

Take Me Home

Courtesy of Bob Kincaid and our friends at Head On Radio

Bo Webb’s urgent letter to President Obama is getting picked up by bloggers

These sites have carried Webb’s full letter: Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/urgent-webb-letter-to-oba_b_168604.html Mountain Journey https://amountainjourney.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/ Grist: https://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/2/19/153153/897 Stop Strip Mining: https://stopstripmining.gnn.tv/blogs/31217/An_Open_Letter_to_President_Obama GNN TV: https://gnn.tv/threads/34430/An_Open_Letter_to_President_Obama Alternet: https://www.alternet.org/environment/127877/american_citizens_in_appalachia_are_living_in_a_state_of_terror_/?page=entire

Full Appalachian Voice February 2009 issue in PDF

Download the entire issue in PDF format (10.4 MB) https://www.appvoices.org/pdfs/voice_2009_01_feb.pdf

Tennessee Crud: Appalachia plays host to yet another environmental disaster

Story by Bill Kovarik At first, when a 55-foot wall of coal fly ash sludge broke loose from an earthen dam early Dec. 22 near Kingston, TN, the nation barely paid attention. Initial reports from the Associated Press said there

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William Blizzard, Writer and Son of Blair Mountain Leader, Dies

Mourners wearing red neckerchiefs laid William Blizzard to rest amid refrains of the old Union hymn, “Solidarity Forever” and the sound of rifle volleys from the Veterans of Foreign Wars echoing over a Charleston, WV cemetery. Blizzard died in December

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Tennessee Grandfather Cleans Up Creek, Wins Volunteer Award

Sierra Club members Carl and Iva Lee Wolfe moved from Florida to Mountain City, Tennessee, three years ago, after Carl retired. That’s Carl at left, pictured, with granddaughter Mariah. “We were impressed with the beauty of the area,” says Iva

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Coal River Mountain – The Line in the Sand for Mountaintop Removal?

Story and photos by Jamie Goodman For those who support alternative energy and oppose mountaintop removal, a line has been drawn in the proverbial sand. That line is at Coal River Mountain, West Virginia. Bulldozers have continued to clear trees

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