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The EPA yesterday finally released a list of 44 coal fly ash waste sites with high hazard potential, over-ruling attempts by the Army Corps of Engineers to keep the list of high hazard dams private. More than half of the coal waste ponds on the list are located in just three Appalachia states: twelve in…

The following email was sent to the 36,000+ supporters of iLoveMountains.org. To sign up to receive free email alerts, click here. Dear Mountain Lover, Last week, the Senate held its first hearing on mountaintop removal coal mining and the Appalachia Restoration Act (S 696) — and an overflow crowd of activists and coalfield residents turned…

From our friends at Wild South, please contact the Forest Service to help protect the national treasure that is the Pisgah: Protect and Restore the Pisgah National Forest! The Forest Service has released plans to log 1800 acres of the Pisgah National Forest in the Brushy Ridge area. This area located near the North Mill…

This is just amazing!!!! Frankly, we are speechless. While we waited in the halls of Congress for a Senate hearing to begin, our friend Will Harlan ran 72 miles along the TN-NC border to raise awareness! Thanks so much for your support, Will! On June 25th, I completed a 72-mile, end-to-end run across Great Smoky…

On Thursday, July 25, over seventy supporters of the Appalachia Restoration Act (S 696) lined up outside the door of Dirksen Senate Building for a hearing on the bill. The hearing, held by the Committee on Environment and Public Works’ Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, was conducted by subcommittee chair Senator Ben Cardin, also a…

News coverage of yesterdays Senate hearing on mountaintop removal coal mining: The best headline thus far was printed before the hearing even started: Washington City Paper – Mountaintop Coal Mining Face Off Starts Now! As always, Ken Ward’s Coal Tattoo blog provided the most comprehensive coverage and analysis: Mountaintop Removal: Jobs vs. Mayflies? NOT Here’s…

On Tuesday, June 23, a team from Appalachian Voices joined hundreds of people gathered at an anti-mountaintop removal coal mining rally at Marsh Fork Elementary School in West Virginia to protest the continuation of the destructive practice. The local and regional residents were joined by NASA climatologist James Hansen, who spoke about the contributions of…

This just in. Rob Perks of NRDC provides commentary on their blog, the Switchboard. It does not bode well that the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled 6-3 in favor of treating America’s waterways like dumps.  Specifically, the Court decided that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can legally permit the disposal of polluted wastewater from…