Press Releases

Contact: Cat McCue, communications director, 434-953-8672, cat@appvoices.org Two water quality specialists with Appalachian Voices are on their way to the site of a coal slurry spill south of Charleston that was reported by officials early today. They will attempt to take water quality samples and photographs of the scene. Early press reports indicate a pipe…

Contact: Eric Chance, water quality specialist, 828-262-1500, eric@appvoices.org Cat McCue, communications director, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Appalachian Voices today released results of water quality sampling the organization conducted on the coal ash spill earlier this week on the Dan River in North Carolina. Water quality specialists with Appalachian Voices took samples of river water at several spots…

Contact: Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373 Eden, N.C. – A team of scientists from Appalachian Voices remains on-site of the Dan River coal ash spill, where they arrived last night when the spill was first reported, to sample the water for toxics such as arsenic, as well as other contaminants. Two of the team will…

Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to finalize first-ever federal regulations for the disposal of coal ash by December 19, 2014, according to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups and a Native American tribe. The settlement does not dictate the content of the final…

FEATURING: Morgan O’Kane, Jon Stickley Trio, Dane Alderson Trio & After Jack Charlottesville – Local nonprofit Catalyst Productions announces a benefit concert, to be held Saturday, January 25, at Charlottesville’s revered Jefferson Theater. The concert will benefit communities in the Charleston area of West Virginia effected by the chemical spill on January 9. The spill…

Contact: Frank Holleman, Senior Attorney with a focus on litigation, 919-967-1450 Kathleen Sullivan, Senior Communications Manager, 919-967-1450 Representing: Appalachian Voices – Amy Adams, 828-262-1500 Cape Fear River Watch – Kemp Burdette, 910-762-5606 Upper Neuse Riverkeeper – Matthew Starr, 919-856-1180 Waterkeeper Alliance – Donna Lisenby, 704-277-6055 Western North Carolina Alliance – Julie Mayfield, 828-258-8737 Winyah Rivers…

PRESS STATEMENT Contact: Matt Wasson, Program Director: 828-262-1500 Cat McCue, Communications Director: 434-293-6373 News reports of Thursday’s spill of a coal-processing chemical into West Virginia’s Elk River — and emergency orders to thousands of people to not drink or use their tap water — are currently focused on the still-unknown potential for direct harm to…