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In the weeks ahead, the Appalachian Voices Business League will welcome its 1,000th member. Made up of small businesses from throughout the southern mountains, the Business League was formed by Appalachian Voices in 2002 to provide a unified voice for businesses that support conservation in the region. It has grown exponentially to become one of…
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Virginia: Boulder from mining operation kills toddler A three-year old boy from Wise County, Virginia, was killed on August 20 when a boulder from a surface mining operation crashed through the wall of his home and into his bedroom, where he was sleeping. The mining company was working in the dark to widen an access…
Read MoreForest revival reported
Areas of Europe and North America shown to be reversing deforestation [Rome] Europe and North America have reversed centuries of deforestation and are showing a net increase in wooded areas, but most developing countries continue to cut down their trees, a U.N. agency said Tuesday. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said in its biannual…
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images/voice_uploads/AppalachiaMarchCircle.gif My name is Carl “Pete” Ramey. I am 75 years old. I have worked in the coal industry for 37 years from 1949 until retirement in 1985. All of my financial and health benefits have been provided by the coal industry. I have no desire to damage the coal industry. However, I do not…
Read MoreNC 49th of 50 in Air Pollution
North Carolina is second behind Ohio in the number of pollutants released from heavy industry. Congrats to NC PIRG, and be sure to check out their full report Duke’s Belew’s Creek plant in Stokes County takes the cake, releasing 13 millions pounds of respiratory toxicants into the air.
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South Carolina: USC Opens World’s Largest “Green Dorm” This semester, USC officials and students are celebrating the official opening of South Carolina’s “green dorm,” the largest residence-hall complex of its kind in the world. The “West Quad” complex was built with the hope that “[students] will realize that comfort and ‘green’ are not mutually exclusive,”…
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Dear Appalachian Voice, Thanks for bringing attention to the New River in your last issue (“The Watery Heart of Appalachia” Fall, 2004). The good work of the National Committee for the New River deserves to be highlighted – as does the exceptional smallmouth bass fishery in the New River. However, your readers may also be…
Read MoreMarsh Fork and Appalachian Coalfield Protests
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Read MoreThe Southern Forests Network Group Certification Program
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification is a voluntary, market-based system for achieving sustainability in the forest products industry. FSC certification is growing quickly- the acreage of FSC certified forests in the U.S. doubled from 2005 to 2006 to nearly 25 million acres. Yet FSC certification is inaccessible to most private landowners and small mills due…
Read MoreCounting On Trees: Scientists Are Creating A National Biomass And Carbon Dataset For USA
[ Massachusetts ] After completing a two-year pilot phase, scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center are expanding the scope of the “National Biomass and Carbon Dataset” for the year 2000 (NBCD2000), the first ever inventory of its kind, by moving into the production phase. NBCD2000 will be an invaluable baseline data set for the…
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