Written by Jeff Deal

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Jeff Deal

A lover of Appalachia, renewable energy, local green sustainable economies, and energy efficiency, Jeff is the information technology consultant for Appalachian Voices and also the Senior Project Manager for the Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy.

Mountaintop removal: Streamlined permits to stop – kinda

Ken Ward Jr. of the Charleston Gazette reports…

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Utne Reader talks with authors of a new book about mountaintop removal

Sit down on a porch with someone from…

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Appalachian Voices Applauds NC’s Move Towards Wind Energy

Appalachian Voices applauds moving NC towards wind energy…

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EPA: MOST US RESIDENTS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE AIR POLLUTION RISK

According to the Society of Environmental Journalists: EPA…

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Visit your Representative to End the Appalachian Apocalypse

The following email was sent to the 36,000+…

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – A President Breaks Hearts in Appalachia

written by By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. –…

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Report: Coal industry costs state government

Here are excerpts from a recent Lexington Herald-Leader…

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Mountaintop Removal Reaches the Senate

The following email was sent to the 36,000+…

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72 mile record-setting run to end mountaintop removal!

This is just amazing!!!! Frankly, we are speechless….

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US Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on the Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Qual

On Thursday, July 25, over seventy supporters of…

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