Story by Bill Kovarik The two-lane road to Tazewell, Va. fades to gray like a pair of blue jeans in an old photo. It winds past small but prosperous homes, along pastures rimmed with split rail fences, and through some…
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Scientists Search for Conservation Strategies
Story by Bill Kovarik Increasing numbers of windmills will pose threats to bats and migratory birds, scientists have warned in recent years, unless conservation strategies are put into place. Many states, including Virginia, are beginning to include stringent monitoring and…
A Growing Urgency to End Mountaintop Removal
The following email was sent to the 36,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. The pressure on the Obama administration to stop mountaintop removal coal mining is building across the country. Last week,…
Statement from Appalachian Voices
Last week, Appalachian Voices learned that a miner may have been injured during a non-violent act of civil disobedience that took place June 18th, when 14 activists climbed a dragline on a mine site. They were calling on the Obama…
Steven Colbert Interviews Duke Energy’s CEO Jim Rogers on The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jim Rogers www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Stephen Colbert in Iraq …and Steven, I wouldn’t recommend anyone sticking their head in to a coal fired power plant’s smoke stack…
Activists scale 20-story tall machinery to call attention to nation’s worst form of coal mining
This just dropped into our email box: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday June 18th, 2009 CONTACTS: Nell Greenberg, 510-847-9777 Celia Alario, 310-721-6517 Vivian Stockman, 304-927-3265 Hi-Res Photos, B-roll and Video will be available, www.mountaintaction.org. Activists Risk Arrest to Stop Mountaintop Removal…
Making Music to Save Mountains
Mountain Aid – THIS WEEKEND!! Music is often moving, but only once in a while does it help stop mountains from moving. That is the hope behind the inaugural Mountain Aid festival, taking place this Friday through Sunday, June 19…
BECKLEY REGISTER-HERALD: There has to be a better way in the Coal River Valley
Op-ed published June 13th, 2009 There has to be a better way. Sure, it’s all legal. The state Supreme Court said so last week when it rejected an appeal that sought to bar Massey Energy subsidiary Goals Coal Co. from…
LA TIMES EDITORIAL: Is Obama caving in to coal?
Here is a link to the original article. The administration deserves credit for some minimal restrictions on mountaintop mining, but the president’s hands-off approach to coal defeats his climate-change efforts. Clear-cutting forests, then blowing the tops off of mountains and…
