Monthly Archives: March 2009

Watauga Riverkeeper and Earth Fare Partner for Environmental Awareness

CONTACT: Donna Marie Lisenby, Upper Watauga Riverkeeper 828-262-1500 – PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Watauga Riverkeeper and Earth Fare Partner for Environmental Awareness! Boone, N.C., March 12, 2009 – On March 28th, Riverkeepers and natural foods leader Earth Fare,

Benefit for Upcoming Film: “On Coal River”

On Coal River Trailer from On Coal River on Vimeo “At the heart of America’s hope for a “clean coal” future lies the decimation of West Virginia’s richest landscapes. More profound still is the heavy toll on human lives playing

“Only God Should Move Mountains”

Tuesday morning, folks heading into Nashville, TN were greeted by a giant electronic billboard against the skyline of downtown that said “Only God Should Move Mountains.” The creators of the large message turned out to be the small but mighty

MOUNTAIN MONDAY: President Obama speaks about mountaintop removal

This past Monday, President Obama shared more of his thoughts on mountaintop removal coal mining. Its a sign of good things to come! JIM CARROLL: There has been decades of dispute in eastern Kentucky and other parts of Appalachia about

Hope Is Alive in Appalachia: President Obama breaks with the Bush Administration policy on mountaint

Today, President Obama took a dramatic step to reverse the Bush Administration’s policies on mountaintop removal coal mining that have led to the destruction of hundreds of Appalachian Mountains and the burying of hundreds of miles of headwater streams over

Hope renewed across the Appalachian coalfields

Today the Associated Press broke the news that the EPA is putting hundreds of mountaintop removal coal mining permits on hold until it can evaluate the projects’ ecological impacts. We thought you would would be interested in the reaction from

A Major Victory – Thank the Obama Administration

March 24th, 2009 – The following email was sent to the 34,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. We’ve got great news to report! This afternoon, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was

End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining – Call Congress Today!

March 17th, 2009 – The following email was sent to the 34,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Today — St. Patrick’s Days — you can help keep the Appalachian mountains green and

Letters to the editor

Pesticide Use Continues to Decline on Tree Farms To the Editor: This letter to the editor is in reference to Sarah Vig’s article “A ‘Greener’ Christmas Tree” that appeared in the Winter edition of Appalachian Voice. First of all, a

Appalachian Mountain Preservation Acts! (PLURAL!)

UPDATE: VISIT ILOVEMOUNTAINS.ORG/STATEACTIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION By protecting ratepayers from potential rate spikes, and moving the state away from this ecologically destructive and morally reprehensible practice, this bill is “going to save taxpayers money in the long run, and

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