After Kansas rejected an unnceccesary coal-fired power plant, big coal started running this hilarious (and pathetically desperate) attack ad. Kansans are actually smiling because a coal-fired power plant was denied in their state, becoming the first to be denied because…
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Action at CitiBank in Washington, DC
Congrats to our friends at RAN. The action was peaceful, and not a single individual was arrested. Also, from RAN, this hilarious pardoy of the recent barage of “clean coal” commercials:
Watauga High School to be First Green “LEED certified” in NC
Thanks to some hard-work of many local activists and elected officials, Boone’s new “Watauga High School” will be the first in North Carolina to earn LEED certification. Commission chairman Jim Deal said it would be collaborative project, with ASU instructors…
Appalachian Christmas: Reccomended Books and DVDs
WHEN MINERS MARCH is the incredible story of the battles to bring the UMWA and the American Constitution to the West Virginia coal fields. Written back in ‘52 when Blair Mountain hero Bill Blizzard was still alive, this work by…
About Broccoli Batiks: Artist Statement by Berkely Brown
Dreams! Everyone has dreams about how they want their life to be. When we follow our passions and work towards those dreams, our world is rich with enthusiasm, creativity, and drive My dream to become a batik artist began in…
Coalition Organizing to Fight Dominion Power Plant
CAMPAIGN AGAINST PROPOSED POWER PLANT AND HOW YOU CAN HELP Dominion Power, Virginia’s largest utility, wants to build a new 585 megawatt, $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in Southwest Virginia’s Wise County. The new plant would be a major step…
Robert F. Kennedy Joins Appalachian Voices to Celebrate 10th Anniversary and Launch Watauga Riverkee
At a gala event in Blowing Rock, NC, on October 7, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joined Appalachian Voices to celebrate the organization’s 10th anniversary and announce a new RIVERKEEPER® program to protect the upper Watauga River. Kennedy is a leading…
Worlds Moral Compass Points to the South Again
Worlds Moral Compass Points to the South Again American Southerners are independent people — independent enough to stand for the truth, even if it means standing alone. A few weeks ago, Al Gore joined five other Southerners who have also…
WV Council of Churches Statement on Mountaintop Removal
/images/AppalachianVoice/AVNov07/Dr.-Benedict-M.-Anover.gif September 11, 2007 As people of faith, called upon by our covenant with God and each other to safeguard and care deeply for what God has created, we cannot stand by while our mountains are being devastated. The destruction…
Cabinet Manufacturer Bets on Formaldehyde-Free Wood
Having grown up downwind of several major paper and chemical plants, I approached Columbia Forest Products’ Old Fort NC plant with nothing short of a crinkled-nose expectation of breaking the record for how long a journalist could hold her breath…
