Press Releases

Advocates, experts and community leaders come together to protect the region’s waterways Contact: Jennifer Rennicks, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, 828-275-0564 Stephanie Schweikert, NC Conservation Network, 419-348-2340 Atlanta – This weekend over 80 concerned citizens, environmental and public health advocates, and elected officials from across the Southeast and beyond are converging in Atlanta at the…

New Power for the Old Dominion Appalachian Voices and our partners in the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition have launched a statewide campaign for clean energy in Virginia. For immediate release Contact: David Schlissel, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, 617-489-4840 david@schlissel-technical.com Jeff Loiter, Optimal Energy, 804-453-5100 ext 18, loiter@optenergy.com Whitney Byrd, Wise Energy…

PRESS STATEMENT FROM APPALACHIAN VOICES Contact: Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat[@]appvoices.org After more than five months of delay and threats of filibuster, the U.S. Senate today confirmed Gina McCarthy (59-40) to head the Environmental Protection Agency. It was the longest delay of an EPA administrator nomination in history. The Obama EPA has been vilified…

PRESS STATEMENT FROM APPALACHIAN VOICES Contact: Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat-@-appvoices.org President Barack Obama today outlined a suite of regulatory and financial measures aimed at reducing the U.S.’s greenhouse gas emissions, which he said his administration will seek to implement over the next few years. The White House framed the president’s speech in terms…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Liz Judge, Earthjustice, 202-797-5237, ljudge@earthjustice.org Cat McCue, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday afternoon, a coalition of Appalachian and national groups pressed the Environmental Protection Agency for stronger protection for their waters from the most extreme form of coal mining, mountaintop removal. In a formal petition for rulemaking, 17…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat @ appvoices.org Rory McIlmoil, Energy Policy Director, 828-262-1500, rory @ appvoices.org Boone, N.C. – Appalachian Voices today unveiled a new program that aims to reduce electricity costs for homeowners, stimulate job growth for local communities, and achieve a cleaner, healthier environment for the Appalachian mountain…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2013 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Contact: Matt Wasson, Director of Programs, 828-262-1500, matt@appvoices.org Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-953-8672 (cell), cat@appvoices.org – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Washington, D.C.…