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A Book Review of Bringing Down the Mountains by Shirley Stewart Burns
Here’s what Annie Kate had to say about Bringing Down the Mountains, a book about mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia by Shirley Stewart Burns: Sacrificed to King Coal A review of Bringing Down the Mountains by Shirley Stewart Burns Morgantown WV West Virginia University Press, 2007. ISBN # 978-1-933202-17-4) Review by Merrill E.…
Read MoreNew Alliance for Appalachia Receives $225,000 Grant
The Public Welfare Foundation’s Newsroom posted this article about the Alliance for Appalachia and its two-year $225,000 grant: New Appalachian Alliance receives $225,000 grant Washington, D.C.–The Public Welfare Foundation has awarded a two-year, $225,000 grant to the [Alliance for Appalachia], a cooperative effort launched by 13 advocacy groups in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and…
Read MoreMountain Monday: Is Coal the New Oil?
An every day fossil fuel… An influential lobby on Capitol Hill… Dwindling supply… Spiking prices, effecting nearly every facet of the American economy… Big industries exploiting high prices as an excuse for unnecessarily increasing extraction at any environmental cost… …while stuffing their pockets with record profits. Sound Familiar? One of the most dramatic and pivotal…
Read MoreBig Trouble on the Gauley
Gauley and New River Gorge residents worry that new mining operations will destroy tourism and their hopes for the future Story by Bill Kovarik American’s best whitewater is in big trouble. Mountaintop removal mining has arrived. Already one trout stream is dead and another is in jeopardy. Whitewater rafters and kayakers who flock to the…
Read MoreNational Parks threatened
By Katie Easter Fact—one in three national parks have above standard air pollution. Fact—there are over 100 new coal fired plants across the country. Fact—currently 28 new plants are to be developed within 186 miles of ten national parks. The Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, and the Shenandoah…
Read MoreTrampling the Promised Land
Suburban Sprawl Now Dominates The Rural Landscape of America By Kathleen Marshall The story of development in Appalachia goes back to 1585, when Lt. Ralph Lane sent surveyors to explore from what would, one day, be Chesapeake Bay south to present-day North Carolina. In a letter back to England, the Elizabethan explorer wrote, “.…
Read MoreWV Endangered Mountain on Radio in St. Louis
A New Study from Greenpeace Shows that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a “False Hope”
Greenpeace International recently released the results of its study on the proposed practice of carbon capture and storage (CCS) at the world’s coal-fired power plants. CCS is an integrated process made up of three parts: carbon capture, transport, and storage, including measurement, monitoring, and verification. CCS technology must have a concentrated stream of CO2 in…
Read MoreGreen Jobs for America
Green Jobs for America is a national campaign to educate the public about the need for investments in good, green jobs — jobs that will fight dangerous global warming, move America toward energy independence and end our harmful dependence on fossil fuels. Led by the United Steelworkers, Sierra Club, Blue Green Alliance, Natural Resources Defense…
Read MoreSludge Safety Project Internship Opportunity
Sludge Safety Project Internship Opportunity The Sludge Safety Project (SSP) seeks an intern to help West Virginians build power and pass legislation in the 2009 legislative session. Depending on skills and experience, the legislative intern will perform the following tasks: * Coordinate citizen lobby days at least weekly. This includes sending mailings, making phone calls…
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