Monthly Archives: March 2008

Penny Changing Color in Prenter Holler

If coal waste can change the color of a penny in a few minutes, what do you think it does to children exposed from birth over the course of a lifetime?

Mountain Movement Takes to the States

Here’s a metric on how to measure our success over the last several years – a look at anti-MTR activity at the state level. Kentucky This year, the “stream-saver bill” was re-introduced, and over 1200 people joined our friends at

Appalachian Voices’ Featured on WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call

Check out this EXCELLENT in-depth interview on WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call featuring our very own Mike McCoy and Tom Cormans. Mike and Tom answer caller’s questions and talk about the growing campaign to stop the proposed Wise County Power

Press Release: March 7, 2008

MEDIA RELEASE – March 7,2008 www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Kathy Selvage (276) 565-1083 Appalachian Voices Tom Cormons (434) 293-6373 Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter Glen Besa (804) 225-9113 Chesapeake Climate Action Network Josh Tulkin (240) 396-2152 Southern Environmental Law Center

Experienced Volunteers wanted for Video Documentary Project

We need your help! Appalachian Voices is preparing to launch an online video outreach project called “America’s Most Endangered Mountains”. This project will showcase 10 mountains and surrounding communities that are slated for mountaintop removal operations. Each video will answer

BIG WIN for Dogwood Alliance and Southern Forests

Congratulations to our friends at the Dogwood Alliance. Read more about their excellent campaign with Abitibi-BoWater here. (.pdf) A Leap Forward –Environmental Organizations Help Paper Company Become Better Steward of Southern Forests Contact: Scot Quaranda, Dogwood Alliance, 828.251.2525 x18 Asheville,

Press Release: March 3, 2008

Please visit iLoveMountains.org at hhttps://www.ilovemountains.org/news/395 for this press realease.

Jeff Biggers Takes “Clean Coal” to the Cleaners

An important editorial this Sunday in the Washington Post, by celebrated author Jeff Biggers, who is emerging as one of our leading national voices about the injustices of mountaintop removal. Clean Coal? Don’t Try to Shovel that. Every time I

Hillbilly Stereotypes make me wanna holler

When I saw the clip of the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart aping a misinformed West Virginia voter in May, I had a flashback to a Saturday Night Live “Appalachian ER” skit, which featured rocker Neil Young embroiled in a mess

Hiking the Highlands – Beech Mountain falls

At nearly a mile high, the water on Beech Mountain doesn’t really have any place to go – but down. Here, Pond Creek tumbles, slipping over ancient rock formations beside thick nests of rhododendron and laurel. Talk about tranquil. Listen:

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