Monthly Archives: June 2013

Reflections on the President’s Climate Change Speech

On June 25, I gathered with my co-workers to watch President Obama unveil his vision for addressing climate change. It was encouraging to hear the president frame the issue in terms of a “moral imperative,” and the fact that he’s

Tenn Tuesday: More Sun! Less Surface Mining! TVA, Obama Agree on Climate Plan!

TVA says they are in line with the president’s plan on climate change! National Coal is packing their bags and leaving Tennessee! More solar is on the way! Cleaner air, healthier kids, fewer coal plants? It sure does make sense

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Obama’s Climate Plan Must do More for Appalachia

PRESS STATEMENT FROM APPALACHIAN VOICES Contact: Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat-@-appvoices.org President Barack Obama today outlined a suite of regulatory and financial measures aimed at reducing the U.S.’s greenhouse gas emissions, which he said his administration will seek to

President Obama’s Address on Climate Protection Plan

Update: The speech covered a lot of ground and held a lot of promise – but was missing several critical points. Read Appalachian Voices’ press statement. Watch the President’s speech, with coverage beginning at 1:55 EST. Do you think this

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Stand Up For Clean Streams And Healthy Drinking Water

Dear friends and members, I was outraged to learn last month that a handful of U.S. senators were again trying to shred the laws that protect Appalachia’s waters — but I wasn’t surprised. They were mostly the same folks who

Resourceful and Resilient: June/July issue of The Appalachian Voice celebrates farmers

From determined Virginia cattle farmers to entrepreneurial vegetable growers in eastern Kentucky, the latest issue of The Appalachian Voice showcases the resourcefulness and resilience of our mountain farmers. In our features, Today’s Farming Frontier looks at how growers are adapting

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Running on Reality: A Conversation with Anthony Flaccavento

An abridged version of this interview was published in the print edition of our June/July 2013 issue. Here’s the full transcript. For more than 20 years, Anthony Flaccavento has worked to build bridges between small-scale organic growers like himself and

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Addressing Food Insecurity

Finding New Ways To Feed Families Story by David Brewer The welcome arrival of spring and summer in Appalachia represents that magical time of year when, instead of bundling up for a trip to the grocery store, we toss on

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New Rules Stoke Fear of Fracking on Public Lands

By Brian Sewell When the U.S. Department of the Interior released updated draft rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands, environmental advocates responded much as they did when the initial draft was released in 2012 — with

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Virginia Teacher and Landowner Faces Energy Extraction

Landowner and teacher Gail Marney resides on an inter-generational family farm in the south. Her great-great grandfather moved here in the early 1800s and served in the Civil War. Now she finds her home threatened by natural gas extraction.

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