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Enviro News Magazine Covers Mountaintop Removal
LINK TV is an online TV program supported by notables like Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte, recently ran a piece about mountaintop removal in their news program. Its a very dramatic piece and will get you fired up. But my only wish is that they showed more of the middle ground, less of the anger…
Read MoreMast General Store and Patagonia Team Up for AV
Mast General Store and Patagonia Footwear are joining together to support Appalachian Voices this fall! During the month of September, $10 will be donated to Appalachian Voices for each pair of Patagonia shoes purchased from any Mast General Store location.
Read MoreKFTC’s Teri Blanton Speaks to Keith Olbermann
Kentuckian focuses on the need to end mountaintop removal, improve safety Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Read MoreSolutions Journal Issue Dedicated to Appalachia
A dynamic group of academics, local community members, and business leaders have produced a unique special issue of Solutions journal dedicated to creating a brighter future for Appalachia. Hear from Wendell Berry, John Todd, Adam Lewis, Sarah Forbes, Erik Reece and many more in the July/August Appalachia special issue of Solutions. • Current AV members:…
Read MoreAppalachian Voices and Music on the Mountaintop Team-Up for Good Times, Good Music, and Good Works
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Read MoreRailroad Earth Will Rock Your Socks Off
The Music on the Mountaintop festival is only a few short weeks away… Have you got your tickets?! Yes? You’re Amazing. No? Go get em! This year the all-star lineup includes Stillwater, New Jersey natives Railroad Earth. Borrowing their name from the Jack Kerouac short story “October in the Railroad Earth,” the group thrives in…
Read MoreYou Otter Support Clean Water
By Megan Naylor Editorial Communications intern, Spring/Fall 2010 North American River Otters are the jesters of the waterways. Officially they belong to the Mustelidae family, sharing ancestry with badgers, minks and weasels. It is not unusual to see them using grass, mud and snow banks leading to the river as their own personal playgrounds, slipping…
Read MoreBrittney’s Appalachian Voices Internship Experience
By Brittney Baker After being offered (and accepting!) the Outreach Assistant position I was eager to start my internship at Appalachian Voices. Finally, in mid-May I started my position. Throughout my position I have learned, worked hard, and have constantly been amazed and impressed at the talented staff and supporters of Appalachian Voices. Appalachian Treasures…
Read MoreSolar, So Hot Right Now. Solar.
For serious. Just check out last week’s NYTimes piece entitled Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage, which notes: Solar photovoltaic systems have long been painted as a clean way to generate electricity, but expensive compared with other alternatives to oil, like nuclear power. No longer. In a “historic crossover,” the costs of solar photovoltaic systems have…
Read MoreEPA Bites Thumb at Climate Change Deniers
Yay! Kinda like this but with less pink hair… Yesterday, the agency rejected 10 petitions, including those of coal companies such as Massey Energy and Peabody Energy, that challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 determination that climate change is real, caused by humans and a threat to human health and the environment. According to EPA…
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