Last Friday, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin appointed his former chief counsel, Carte Goodwin, to fill the vacated Senate seat of the late Robert C. Byrd. Goodwin, at the age of 36, has become the youngest member of the US…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Wendell Berry Objects to His Alma Mater’s “Wildcat Coal Lodge”
Internationally renowned author and farmer, Kentuckian Wendell Berry, has taken back personal papers he donated to the University of Kentucky. The prolific writer made the decision after his Alma Mater, where he also taught for 19 years, named a basketball…
Crawdads: A Southern Staple
The Watauga Riverkeeper Festival is THIS SATURDAY! Come out on July 24, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Community Park in Valle Crucis, N.C.! Enjoy a day of outdoor recreation and a celebration of the river with live…
Ken Hechler Also Running For Byrd’s Senate Seat
News broke today that former Congressman and West Virginia Secretary of State Ken Hechler has also filed to run for the vacated Senate seat of the late Robert C. Byrd. Representative Capito, meanwhile, has announced that she will not be…
WV Gov Joe Manchin Running for Byrd’s Senate Seat
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin announced this morning that he is making a bid for the late Robert Byrd’s Senate seat. There will be an August 28 primary and a November 2 general election for the vacated seat, and the…
Asphalt Sealant Ends Life in Hodge’s Creek
Over the weekend, polluted runoff from the BB&T parking lot on Highway 105 in Boone, NC killed all life in a 1.5 mile long stretch of Hodge’s Creek. The incident was caused by a toxic asphalt sealant that a careless…
Methane Monitors Were Disabled at Upper Big Branch
Make sure you don’t miss today’s NPR article about methane monitors being disabled at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine. From the article: An NPR News investigation has documented an incident in February 2010 in which an Upper Big Branch electrician…
“Beneficial Coal Ash” — Industry Lies and EPA’s Wavering Support
An unannounced change in the EPA’s web page for Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) may signal a shift in the agency’s stance on reusing toxic coal ash for “beneficial reuse.” Since July 2, 2010 the informational page has been blank…
Activists Stand Up to Massey on Coal River Mountain
Mountain Justice Photo Yesterday, activists with Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice locked themselves to a piece of mining equipment called a highwall miner on Coal River Mountain at Massey Energy’s Bee Tree Surface Mine. Colin Flood and Katie Huszcza…
Our own Austin Hall on the Appalachian Treasures Tour
Junior Walk of Coal River Mountain Watch joined me on the recent Pennsylvania Appalachian Treasures Tour. Junior is from the Coal River Valley, attended Marsh Fork Elementary School, worked at prep plant, and was a security guard on a mountaintop…
