Last April, the EPA announced new guidance standards for new and pending surface mine permits in Appalachia. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson stated “Coal communities should not have to sacrifice their environment or their health or their economic future to mountaintop…
Monthly Archives: June 2010
FARCES of Coal: Apple Juice Creeks and Gatorade Streams
Remember FACES of Coal? The less than bona fide astroturfing organization whose members keep turning up on iStockphoto.com? Well, the antics continue as they’re none too pleased with the EPA these days. It seems the EPA has got it in…
Senator Robert C. Byrd has Passed Away
Robert C. Byrd “may come closer to the kind of senator the Founding Fathers had in mind than any other.” — Almanac of American Politics Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) passed away early this morning at the age of 92.…
New Reuters Video Focuses on Mountaintop Removal in Kentucky
By Megan Naylor Megan is a frequent contributor to The Appalachian Voice publication, and served as Appalachian Voices’ Communications intern during Spring and Fall 2010. Appalachian Voices traveled to eastern Kentucky to show Reuters the impact of mountaintop removal.Kentuckians for…
Mikulski Makes 12!
You’ve heard of the dirty dozen? Well, thanks to Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, we now have the Clean Water Dozen! That’s 12 Senators supporting the Appalachia Restoration Act, and in so doing, standing up for clean water and against…
Two New Blockbuster Reports Unveil True Costs of Coal
Mounting evidence shows mountaintop removal is detrimental to the health of local communities, to the land it flattens, and to the water it buries and pollutes, but the industry loves to tout that coal is good for local economies. But…
Online Ticketing for Music on the Mountaintop
Tickets are now available online for the third annual Music on the Mountaintop Festival, which is quickly becoming one of Boone’s largest music festivals. Just visit Music on the Mountaintop to purchase tickets in advance for the event, held on…
Big Win for Appalachia: Streamlined “NWP 21” Officially Suspended!
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided to suspend the “streamlined” Nationwide Permit 21 in Appalachia. According to statements made by Meg Gaffney-Smith, Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program: “Under the surface coal mining MOU, we…
The Coal War Documentary Launches
By Megan Naylor Megan is a frequent contributor to The Appalachian Voice publication, and served as Appalachian Voices’ Communications intern during Spring and Fall 2010. The Coal War, a documentary four years in the making focusing on the fight of…
