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EMPLOYMENT AT APPALACHIAN COAL MINES HITS 14-YEAR HIGH
Appalachian Voices issued the following press release today. EMPLOYMENT AT APPALACHIAN COAL MINES HITS 14-YEAR HIGH Increased federal oversight of mountaintop removal coal mining corresponds with jobs increase, data shows BOONE, N.C. – House Republicans continue to claim that federal oversight of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia threatens domestic coal production and coal mining jobs…
Read MoreDeadline for Appalachian Mountain Photo Competition Nears
Photographers, don’t waste any time in submitting your favorite photos of the year to the ninth annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition! The deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18. The Our Ecological Footprint category was conceived by Appalachian Voices as a way to encourage photographers to examine the influence our society has on the…
Read MoreRally this Wednesday to Keep Ison Rock Ridge Standing!
The following is a press advisory from the Wise Energy for Virginia coalition, of which Appalachian Voices is a member. Citizens rally to stop a Virginia mountain from being blown up for coal Virginians call on EPA, White House to end mountaintop removal coal mining Who: Concerned residents from Wise County in far Southwest Virginia,…
Read MoreOur Bright Energy Future — Are We There Yet?
In Bonneville, Wash., some residents using wind power are facing an unusual problem: Too much energy. Now the Bonneville Power Administration is asking customers to volunteer their appliances to help balance supply and demand. A story in the New York Times on Friday described the pilot project: When excess supply threatens Bonneville’s grid, an operator…
Read MoreRobert F. Kennedy, Jr.: The Real Deal
Guest blog by Jim Deming Something good happened in Cleveland, Ohio this past Friday. In a city that has symbolized urban pollution since the 60’s and has taken some blows in the current economic recession, Bobby Kennedy came to town to celebrate. He was here at a press conference on the banks of the Cuyahoga…
Read MoreHigh Point Duke Energy Rate Hike Hearing Turns Out Large Crowd in Opposition to Increase
If Duke Energy was listening to the citizens gathered at High Point’s City Hall last night, they sure got a burning earful! Over one hundred private citizens turned out to express their extreme displeasure with Duke Energy’s attempt to return a profit to their investors at the expense of North Carolina rate payers in the…
Read MoreDuke Energy’s Tough Times, Rate Hike Hearings Continue in Marion
On Tuesday Oct. 25, at the McDowell County courthouse in Marion, the N.C. Utilities Commission heard a succession of voices all proclaiming the same message: Do not approve the 17 percent rate hike proposed by Duke Energy Carolinas. Public hearings for feedback on the rate hike continue this week and Duke Energy’s customers are coming…
Read MoreNPR’s Planet Money Talks About the True Cost of Coal
Just how much do we pay for environmental pollution? How much are polluters taxing the health of our communities, families and friends? Find out by listening to Planet Money’s podcast on the true full cost of coal and other forms of environmental pollution HERE. The Economic Cost of Environmental Pollution
Read MoreLisa Jackson has had enough!
In this editorial, published by the Los Angeles Times, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson makes her case for protecting our clean air and water from an unprecedented congressional attack on basic environmental and health safeguards. Join the movement to save our clean water here. ‘Too dirty to fail’? House Republicans’ assault on our environmental…
Read MoreShooting our Ecological Footprint
Beauty isn’t limited to blue skies. Sometimes a photograph can capture the resilience of a besieged hemlock or the bleak gray of a mountaintop removal site and reveal beauty in the midst of ecological turmoil. With that in mind, Appalachian Voices is again sponsoring the Our Ecological Footprint category of the ninth annual Appalachian Mountain…
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