Residents of the Belews Creek community of Stokes County, N.C., have been speaking out about the serious health threat from the nearby massive coal ash pit, which is the largest in the state. Artist Caroline Armijo, who has seen too many of her friends and neighbors die from cancer, is one of them.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
About gray matter: One artist’s experience with the health impacts of coal ash
New KY Permits for Coal Mining Wastewater Means Five More Years of Polluted Streams
Contact: Eric Chance, Appalachian Voices, 828-262-1500 or eric@appvoices.org Tim Joice, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, 502-589-8008 or Tim@KWAlliance.org Mary Love, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, 502-541-7434, mbloveky@yahoo.com Alice Howell, Sierra Club, 859-420-8092, a.howell0607@gmail.com Frankfort — The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of…
Citizens Groups File Petition Demanding EPA Revoke Virginia’s Regulatory Authority
Formal Petition Alleges Commonwealth Systematically Fails to Comply with Clean Water Act Contact: Erin Savage, Appalachian Voices, (828) 262-1500, erin@appvoices.org Adam Beitman, Sierra Club, (202) 675-2385, adam.beitman@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citizens groups filed a formal petition with the U.S. Environmental…
