http://appvoices.org Working with YOU to protect the land, air, water and people of Appalachia Fri, 24 May 2013 15:53:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Read the post HERE - …HaslamConnectedLobbyistSellingPublicLandstoCoalCompanies! OH MY!! Good morning, and welcome to your Tennessee Tuesday, our weekly holler from your Tennessee hills. Drop us a note in the comments to say hello, let us know a bit about yourself, what you’re interested in and what stories we might be missing. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/21/tn-tuesday-energy-savings-victories/ Read the post HERE - Yesterday, Appalachian Voices and our partner organizations filed a “petition for review”, essentially an appeal of a settlement between Frasure Creek Mining and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. This settlement lets Frasure Creek off the hook for thousands of water quality violations over the past two years, while doing little to ensure that the [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/17/challenge-ky-frasure-backroom-deal/ Read the post HERE - Resources Citizen’s petition for review (May 2013) Citizens’ Objection Letter (Jan 2013) Cabinet and Frasure’s Agreed Order FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Appalachian Voices * Kentuckians For The Commonwealth * Kentucky Riverkeeper * Waterkeeper Alliance CONTACTS: • Eric Chance, Appalachian Voices, 828-262-1500, eric@appvoices.org • Pat Banks, Kentucky Riverkeeper, 859-200-7442, kyriverkeeper@eku.edu • Peter Harrison, Waterkeeper Alliance, 828-582-0422, pharrison@waterkeeper.org [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/17/appalachian-residents-push-for-clean-water-protections/ Read the post HERE - \ GET INVOLVED \ Funds from our Spring Match campaign helped launch our new Energy Savings for Appalachia program and sponsor Week in Washington, but there’s still more work in the months ahead. Help protect the air, land, water and people of our beloved mountains today! MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Lyn Hartman: A social worker inspired by [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/advocate/issue45/ Read the post HERE - Mooresburg sits nestled in a valley of the Clinch Mountain Range in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Here Lyn Hartman lives near her hometown, a place and region she has grown close to over the years. “I’ve had a spiritual connection to the mountains as long as I can remember,” she says. “There is a sense of [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/get_involved/spotlights/lyn-hartman/ Read the post HERE - This afternoon, Gina McCarthy cleared the first hurdle in replacing Lisa Jackson as the next Administrator of the EPA. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted in favor of McCarthy in a 10-8 vote which followed party lines. Republicans on the committee have vowed to continue to oppose her confirmation until she sufficiently responds [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/16/update-gina-mccarthy-approved-by-senate-panel/ Read the post HERE - ]]> http://appvoices.org/fp-05-15-2013_ace/ Read the post HERE - The Appalachian Citizens Enforcement Project (ACE Project) is a new citizen water monitoring program being launched by The Alliance for Appalachia this summer. Appalachian Voices’ own Appalachian Water Watch team has been working with several Alliance partner organizations over the last two years to recruit and train volunteers to monitor and report water quality data [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/16/ace-project/ Read the post HERE - During their push to abolish, obstruct and stymie the Environmental Protection Agency over the past few years, House Republicans have beleaguered the agency for regulatory measures they consider “job-killing” or “anti-industry,” hoping to revert federal environmental regulation to state control or make protections obsolete altogether. Those in favor of federal rules have argued that national [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/15/epa%e2%80%99s-benefits-greatly-outweigh-costs-according-to-omb-report/ Read the post HERE - The litany of voices pointing to the writing on the wall for the Central Appalachian coal industry continues to grow. They’re saying the same thing in almost every way imaginable, and have been for some time. Watching coal production decline and demand shift as other energy sources out-compete coal domestically, it is vital that policymakers [...]]]> http://appvoices.org/2013/05/14/a-must-read-report-another-reminder/