June/July 2015
Mountain Ingenuity
Citizens Advance Solutions to the Pressing Issues of Our Time
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Communities at Risk from Mountaintop Removal
A new interactive map shows that, even as Appalachian coal production declines, mountaintop removal coal mining is encroaching on many communities in the region.
On the Front Lines
When mountaintop removal threatened to surround the tiny town of Inman, Va., residents pushed back.
An Appalachian Bookshelf
Featuring reviews of "Phenomenal" by Leigh Ann Henion, "Beautiful Land of the Sky" by Loren M. Wood, and "Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook" by John Schaeffer
Permit Renewal Raises Questions for Radford Arsenal
Air pollution concerns at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant spark a controversy in the New River Valley.
Regulars
Naturalist's Notebook
Scientists Go to Bat for the Bats
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This Green House
Increasing Homeowner Access to Energy Savings
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Hiking the Highlands
Solitude and Discovery at Zaleski State Forest
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Politics
Clean Power Plan Comes with Options and Opportunities
Energy Report
- Residents Near Duke Ash Ponds Told To Not Drink Their Water
- Labor Dept. Audits MSHA
- North Carolina’s Complicated Road to Renewables
- McAuliffe Fast-tracks Efficiency
- DEP Orders Coal Prep Plants to Disclose Chemicals
- Fracking Concerns Fuel Research, Government Opposition
- TVA Milestone at Nuclear Plant
- Lawsuit Defends Blackside Dace
- Mountaintop Removal Reduces Nearby Songbird Populations
- Dominion Eyes Alternate Route for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- Duke to Close Asheville Coal Plant
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