Environmentalist Michael Schellenberger argues that Greens need to stop preaching doom. He says they need an “I Have a Dream” speech, instead of “I Have a Nightmare.” In a live broadcast from San Francisco, home of Earth Day, Neal Conan…

Check out the trailer for Al Gore’s New Film. Its called The Inconvenient Truth. The heart of Davis Guggenheim’s film is this elegant multimedia lecture itself, where Gore indisputably correlates CO2 emissions with exponentially rising temperatures, already responsible for dramatic…

The Union of Concerned Scientists weighs in on Mountaintop Removal. Internal government documents initially obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that senior Bush administration officials at the U.S. Department of the Interior intentionally disregarded extensive scientific studies conducted…

The News-Observer had this story last week about the “effectiveness rankings” for NC legislators done by the NC Center for Public Policy. Once again, the legislators from the mountains of Western NC fall far behind. A couple that were interesting…

Coal companies will call it “mountaintop mining.” Sounds nice huh? Get the Facts on Mountaintop Removal MTR:FotD #1 MTR:FotD #2 MTR:FotD #3 MTR:FotD #4 MTR:FotD #5 MTR:FotD #6

From the Smokey Moutnain News Cherokee Indians attach special spiritual meanings, rooted in their traditional culture, to the mountains and valleys of the Great Smoky Mountains. Through a unique series of exhibits to be unveiled during a public ceremony, visitors…

From the Charlotte Observer Dain Palmer, human dimension biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, says the agency doesn’t have the authority to regulate hunting on Sundays, and that the commission was instructed to conduct the study. North Carolina…

Appalachian Voices’ volunteers and interns gave hundreds of hours to protect the mountains. We would like to thank them for their work and let everyone know what they accomplished! We had 48 volunteers this semester working over 600 hours working…

A Monday tradition… Behold Cape Gaspe in Quebec, where the Appalachians fall into the Atlantic Ocean… … Runner’s finishing last week’s Charlottesville Marathon (yeah Elizabeth!) Like many others, I got together with my family to celebrate the Easter holiday. Happy…

Can you believe that OfficeMax CEO Sam Duncan opens Q&A sessions like this?… We will not answer any questions about the environment. Eva Hernandez from Dogwood Alliance keeps us up to date on OfficeMax’s continued corporate irresponsibility. Time after time,…