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Mr. Peabody’s Coal Train is OUTTA HERE!
It looks like Peabody Coal is abandoning Appalachia in favor of cleaner waters… “Peabody’s strategy is to remain the leader in the Powder River, Southwest Colorado and Illinois Basins, to continue to grow rapidly in Australia and to expand into the fastest growing global markets for coal, led by China and India,” Chief Executive Gregory…
Read MoreIntermediate to Advanced Concepts in GIS for Natural Resource Professionals
Intermediate to Advanced Concepts in GIS for Natural Resource Professionals April 19-20, Raleigh, NC, sponsored by NC State University Forestry & Environmental Outreach Program, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources, and Center for Earth Observation, 10.5 hours of Category 1 CFE accreditation News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes www.southernsustainableforests.org
Read MoreDuke Energy Seeks Permission to Pollute North Carolina’s Lungs and Environment
Duke Energy, hereafter the polluter (let’s call a spade, a spade), has taken another significant step toward building a new 800-Megawatt pulverized coal-fired power plant in Rutherford County. North Carolina’s Division of Air Quality announced Wednesday afternoon that it has reviewed the polluter’s application for permission to poison our air and has prepared a draft…
Read MoreThe Littlest Birds – The Be Good Tanyas
This is about as good a pick-me-up as I could ask for. One of my favorite songs, and a hat-tip to wild, wonderful, West Virginia Blue
Read MoreAcross Appalachia
Woody biomass fuel helps NC rural economy, urban air Development of North Carolina’s wood resources would help decrease smokestack emissions and contribute to better health and air quality, Alex Hobbs, deputy director of the North Carolina Solar Center, told a wood energy conference at NC State University in March. Hobbs pointed to experience at the…
Read MoreMaking a mint out of the Moon
From his office in Nevada, entrepreneur Dennis Hope has spawned a multi-million-dollar property business selling plots of lunar real estate at $20 (£10) an acre. Mr Hope exploited a loophole in the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and he has been claiming ownership of the Earth’s Moon – and seven planets and their moons –…
Read MoreInternational Groups Hear Coal Delegation
Aiming to build alliances throughout the world and call attention to their experiences with mountaintop removal as a form of coal mining, The Coalfield Delegation – a group of seven organizations representing the voices of the dispossessed in Appalachia – told their stories to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in May. The…
Read MoreWELLS COLLEGE HOSTS PRESENTATION ON APPALACHIAN COAL MINING
Sandra Diaz of Appalachian Voices speaks on mountaintop removal Aurora, New York – The Wells College chapter of Amnesty International has invited Sandra Diaz, a field coordinator for Appalachian Voices, to campus for a talk on the impact of mountaintop removal coal mining. The multi-media presentation, entitled “Appalachian Treasures,” will take place on Monday, April…
Read MoreBlack Diamonds Documentary Video Released
A realistic style and a straightforward narrative make Black Diamonds one of the best documentary videos to come out of the mountaintop removal mining fight to date. The documentary features discussions with many of the key people who are affected by, and fighting, mountaintop removal. It makes a key point early on — The poorest…
Read MoreInterest in biomass as fuel source is heating up across state
[South Carolina] Companies across the state are testing wood chips as a readily available form of biomass. Now the University of South Carolina plans to power up its $20 million wood gasifier in June, producing electricity and steam for hot water and heating, using biomass. “Biomass” is a broad term referring to anything that grows…
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