Archive for February 2008

Appalachian Voices brings people together to solve the environmental problems that have the greatest impact on the Central and Southern Appalachian Mountains. Our mission is to empower people to defend our region’s rich natural and cultural heritage by providing them with tools and strategies for successful grassroots campaigns. Distribution Details: Appalachian Voice is the publication…

Ol’ King Coal himself, the President of the Kentucky Coal Association Bill Caylor has some words of encouragement for us in response to an excellent anti-MTR op-ed in the Tampa Tribune called Put an End to Mountaintop Mining: Bill Caylor everybody! So, as all the activists who so eloquently and passionately speak of the ills…

Check out our stylin’ Conservation Director Matt Wasson on EarthBeat Radio. Mike Tidwell hosts Dr. Wasson, along with Patrice Sims of NRDC, Cale Jaffey of Southern Environmental Law Center (the lead attorney on the fight against the Wise County Power Plant), Kathy Selvage of SAMS, and Nick Miroff of the Washington Post who recently penned…

Senator Byrd (D-WV) has been admitted to Walter Reed Hospital, and will stay overnight due to a fall he took on Monday. Senator Byrd is 90 years old, and is the longest serving Congressperson in history. As President Pro Tempore of the Senate, he is also third in line to the Presidency after Dick Cheney…

In 2004 she created a body of artwork that explores the connection between kaleidoscopic images and music. Her newest artwork highlights diverse environmental issues. Dream catchers and painted buffalo’s are channels for the artist to explore universal connections between human spirituality, the non-human animal world and harmony with the environment. Volunteering in Montana for the…

Our friends at Deltec in Asheville, who have recieved national attention for their green buildings, are doing a really cool re-construction project in New Orleans. Consider joining them for a spell if you can. If not, assistance with materials and equipment is desperately needed. Deltec Homes and Extreme Makeover Home Edition have joined to rebuild…

Read ALL about it in the Salina Journal’s online publication H E R E.

Google is going to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the Renewable Energy Sector….wanna know more? Read Grist’s interview with Bill Weihl, Google’s “green energy czar” HERE

Absolutely tremendous news from the Waterkeeper Alliance who was the lead group on the lawsuit challenging the Bush Administration’s evisceration of mercury control laws in 2005. Here’s the press release from the Waterkeeper Alliance: Irvington, New York (February 8, 2008) – In a complete victory for public and environmental health, the U.S. Court of Appeals…