Archive for June 2008
Natural gas – A new rush for Appalachia’s supergiant Marsella gas field
A scramble to lease natural gas drilling rights is underway in Appalachia following the discovery of super-giant natural gas reserves more than a mile below the surface. “This has come out of the night like a freight train,” said Pennsylvania State University geoscientist Terry Engelder. The Appalachian gas reserves may exceed 500 trillion cubic feet…
Read MoreNatural gas: Endangered species law bypass considered for pipelines
The pipelines are located primarily in Appalachia and central Ohio, but also include 17 states (See map page 12). The scale of the management program is unprecedented, and the permit would cover a half mile- corridor on either side of a pipe. The significance of the permit program is that while natural gas production booms…
Read MoreAppalachian Writers Coop honors poet Rita Riddle
Colleague, teacher, friend, poet, Rita Riddle made an art of nurturing community. After her death in the fall of 2006, one of these communities, the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative (SAWC), decided to honor her by funding the publication of her last book of poetry, All There Is to Keep. Bob and Beto Cumming of Iris…
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Fighting for their Future By the van load, by bus, on foot, they came to Richmond Virginia to confront Dominion Power, one of the last great bastions of the old fossil regime. Under a gray sky they unfurled the mile-long petition, and shared their laughter, their music and their fears for the future. They were…
Read MoreAppalachian Voices featured on RFK show
RING OF FIRE AIR AMERICA RADIO ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND MARY ANN HITT INTERVIEW MAY 27 FULL TEXT ANCR: We’re going to take a look at how Congress is trying to ban one of the most devastating environmental practices being conducted by corporate America. Mountaintop mining where they blow up more land mass than the…
Read MoreAppalachian Voices launches Most Endangered Mountains website
Appalachian Voices announced a major new addition to the iLoveMountains.org Web site designed to highlight the stories of America’s Most Endangered Mountains with video and give activists the tools to help protect them. The new site launched in late May. For nearly two years, iLoveMountains.org has raised awareness about the massive scale of destruction left…
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