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The following email was sent to the 38,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Two weeks ago, we wrote to tell you that Massey Energy had begun blasting on Coal River Mountain — ground zero in the fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining. We asked you to…

The Filson Historical Society of Louisville will host a conference, “The Changing Faces of Appalachia: Problems, Promises and Perspectives,” Nov. 12 to 14 in Louisville, Ky. The keynote speaker will be West Virginia-born historian and educator Dr. Ronald Eller, a descendant of eight generations of Appalachian families and director of the Appalachian Center and Professor…

The Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy (AIRE) and Appalachian Voices cordially invite you to a screening of the documentary Coal Country at Boone’s Dragonfly Theater, Tuesday Nov. 17 at 6:00 p.m. – with a second screening of the film at 8 p.m. The film explores the dramatic struggle and tension around the mining and use…

iLoveMountains.org, a website created by Appalachian Voices for Alliance for Appalachia, was proudly named one of the Good 100, a list sponsored by GOOD to acknowledge organizations, projects, and individuals who are striving to improve the planet. Alliance for Appalachia-an umbrella organization of 13 groups working to end mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia-created a…

The Upper Watagua Riverkeeper was featured in UNC-Chapel Hill’s “Environmental Heroes” series. The student-created film features Donna Lisenby, the watchdog of the Upper Watagua. Go to the Riverkeeper Blog to watch the film!

The Wise County RRENEW collective is hosting Weekend in Wise, a youth summit aimed at learning how to protect Appalachia from mountaintop removal and move towards a sustainable future. The summit will begin on Friday, November 6th with dinner, a campaign update and a screening of the documentary Coal Country. Workshops and stream monitoring training…

Appalachian Voices’ very own Matt Wasson and Benji Burrell, and Coal River Mountain Watch’s Lorelei Scarbro star in a film by Google Earth, celebrating Appalachian Voices as a Google Earth Hero—inspiring the world to take initiative! “We are thrilled by the fact that hundreds of millions of people around the world use Google Earth to…

BREAKING NEWS: Reports are coming in from residents of West Virginia’s Coal River Valley that Massey Energy has begun mountaintop removal mining operations on Coal River Mountain. Sprawling across thousands of acres of diverse and pristine hardwood forests, this mountain is home to the tallest peaks ever permitted for destruction in the state of West…

On Tuesday, Duke Energy and the North Carolina Utility Commission reached a preliminary settlement on Duke’s request for a substantial rate increase on residential and commercial utilities. The proposed agreement would cut Duke’s original request of a 13% residential rate increase to around 7%, a hike which would phase in over a two year period,…

Safety of Dozens of Citizens Threatened at “Public Hearing” Pro-coal groups and mountaintop removal coal mining opponents verbally clashed at a hearing on the Army Corps of Engineers’ NW21 permits Wednesday night in Charleston, W.Va. According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of coal industry supporters rallied to outnumber mountaintop removal opponents, and heckled and yelling threats to…