Archive for August 2011
Public Health and Environmental Advocates Call for A Clean Energy Vision in Dominion and AEP’s Forthcoming Energy Plans
Groups Ask State Corporation Commission to Ensure Utilities Invest in Clean Air, Clean Energy, and Green Jobs for Virginia For Immediate Release August 30th, 2011 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CONTACTS: Southern Environmental Law Center: Frank Rambo: 434-977-4090 Sierra Club: Glen…
Read MoreKentucky Coal Company Falsifies More Water Monitoring Data, Advocates Allege
Coalition To Sue Mining Company In Latest Revelation of a Pattern of Violations – – – – – – – – – – – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Contacts: Donna Lisenby, Appalachian Voices, 704-277-6055, donna@appvoices.org Suzanne Struglinski, NRDC, 202-289-2387, sstruglinski@nrdc.org Suzanne Tallichet, KFTC, 606-776-7970, suetallichet@windstream.net Pat Banks, Kentucky Riverkeeper, 859-622-3065, kyriverkeeper@eku.edu Heath…
Read MoreGroups Provide 30,000 Bottles of Water To Kentucky Community with Contaminated Drinking Water
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Ted Withrow, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, 606-784-6885 Donna Lisenby, Appalachian Voices, 704-277-6055 Chris Bartle, Keeper Springs, 917-414-9495 – – – – – – – – – – – Keeper Springs, Appalachian Voices and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Provide 30, 000 Bottles of Water to Kentucky community with Contaminated Drinking Water Pike…
Read MoreTrading the City for the Farm
Morel Bliss and August Stringer of Mascot, Tenn., have bid vacations good-bye since their honeymoon last October. Days start at 6 a.m. and are wrapped up at about 9 p.m. seven days a week. Important daily tasks, almost all done by hand, include caring for a huge garden, more than 100 chickens (some egg layers…
Read MoreForward Thinkers Move Back to the Land
by Rachael Goss When we think about the 1960s, certain iconic images pop up. From flower children and festivals to fierce protests and racial unrest, the decade was marked by a turbulent change in the social and political fabrics of our nation. In the late 1960s, many idealistic young Americans turned away from the mainstream…
Read MoreThe Coal Report
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Save Lives By Meg Holden The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newest regulations to limit air pollution from coal-fired power plants, will take into account the problem of air currents whisking pollutants far away from their original sources. “Pollution that crosses state lines places a…
Read MoreEditorial and Viewpoint
A Politician A Day Keeps The EPA At Bay What is it about politicians that calls them to be so obedient to the worst of the bad apples in big business? The mantra of the 112th Congress seems to be that we should use the pain of an economic recession to justify more unsustainable and…
Read MoreAcross Appalachia
Rays of Solar Progress Peeking Out in Appalachia By Jeff Deal While Appalachia has not yet realized the progress made in solar electricity generation in the United States’ West Coast or Northeast regions, solar energy development within our region is slowly moving forward. The town of Newland, N.C., will host a 900kW solar electric facility…
Read MoreHiking, Biking, Running, and Skiing on West Virginia’s Greenbrier Trail
By Joe Tennis Near a quiet place called Renick, W.Va., though the railroad is long since gone, a crossing sign remains. And so does the former path of the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, now the Greenbrier River Trail. Stops called Horrock, Beard, Thorny Creek and Stony Bottom line this railroad path,…
Read MoreThree Weeds to Feed Your Needs
By Meg Holden Interested in going “back to the land”? What about “back to the lawn”? Build a self-sufficient salad out of greens available in your own back yard. Here are three plants that grow as weeds in our region, but are edible both raw and cooked. Lamb’s Quarters Chenopodium belandieri Lamb’s quarters, also known…
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