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Jack Spadaro is scheduled to speak at Appalachian State University on October 26th, from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Belk Library, room 114. His presentation, is titled, Mountain Top Removal and the Destruction of Appalachia. Raised in the West Virginia coalfields, Jack Spadaro worked in the mines to finance his college education, receiving a degree in…

Energize America Part VI Clean Coal Generation Act of 2007 A BILL TO AMEND THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977 TO PROMOTE MORE ECOLOGICALLY SOUND MINING PRACTICES AND OTHER PURPOSES. SECTION 1. SHORT NAME This Act may be cited as the Clean Coal Generation Act of 2007. SEC. 2. GENERAL REVISIONS. (a)…

Today (10-13) is the last day to register to vote in North Carolina. Forms must be in by 5PM at your local Board of Elections. Go here to find out where to register in your county and PLEASE get yourself and your friends and family registered today.

Polls! from around the region… NC-08 Hayes (R) 44 Kissell (D) 51 NC-11 Taylor (R) 43 Shuler (D) 51 KY-03 Northup (R) 48 Yarmouth (D) 48 KY-04 Davis (R) 49 (49) Lucas (D) 46 (46) VA-02 Drake (R) 48 (43) Kellam (D) 46 (51) VA-05. Goode (R) 56 (59) Weed (D) 40 (35) VA-10 Wolf…

NPR this morning had a very important report about truly extraordinary thing is happening in one of the U.S.’s smallest and poorest states: Don Blankenship, The CEO of Massey Energy, the WV coal giant, and all around corporate bad actor, is essentially attempting a Hostile takeover of the WV Legislature. Apparently the Democratically controlled state…

This program is designed to give students around the region who care about the environment chance to participate in real, on the ground change by creating powerful leverage on companies whose practices destroy millions of acres of Southern forests every year. Work independently in your city, on your campus, or your home with Dogwood Alliance…

We’ve all seen them; bands in concert busses traversing the country in large diesel fume belching behemoths. For any up and coming band the only way to get your music “out there” is to hit the road, and play as many venues across the US as possible. The road allows bands to explore their live…

Compass is a quarterly publication of the USDA Forest Service ‘ s Southern Research Station (SRS). In this issue: Can We Bring Back Faulkner’s Big Woods? Restoring the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Private Landowners Hold the Key Where Have All the Birds Gone? Catfish, Crayfish, and Mussels News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network…

Check out this Q&A with Bill Moyers. And please help us spread the word about his important PBS special that airs this week and prominently features the role of faith in the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining. “Is God Green?” – airs this Wednesday, October 11 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check your local…

Each day, Florida gains an average of 1,000 residents and loses more than 200 acres of forest—but University of Florida experts say rapid urbanization doesn’t doom the state to a treeless existence. That rapid urbanization is the reason 10 public and private agencies are pooling resources to promote better, more comprehensive research and education programs…