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TN Legislators Miss Another Opportunity to Protect State’s Mountains
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/27/2012 TN Legislators Miss Another Opportunity to Protect State’s Mountains House Subcommittee Kills Mountaintop Removal Ban With Delay Tactic For Second Time – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…
Read MoreHistoric Vote Today on Mountaintop Removal in Tennessee Legislature Has National Significance
PRESS ADVISORY March 12, 2012 Today, for the first time in any state legislature, a mountaintop removal mining ban is expected to move to a full floor vote. The Tennessee Senate will vote this evening on the Scenic Vistas Protection Act, a bill that could protect the state’s ridge lines above 2,000 feet from the…
Read MoreSenate Committee Misses Historic Opportunity to Protect Tennessee Mountains
PRESS STATEMENT CONTACT: J.W. Randolph, Appalachian Voices, 202-669-3670, jw@appvoices.org The Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act, introduced by state Sen. Eric Stewart, was designed to stop surface coal mining that alters or disturbs a ridgeline over 2,000 feet of elevation, effectively banning mountaintop removal coal mining in the state. On Wed., Feb. 29 the State Senate…
Read MoreEnvironmental Organizations Seek 25% Renewable Energy Generation From TVA by 2020
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Read MoreDelayed Coal Ash Regulations Put Public Health at Risk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTAINS TARGETED NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION Contact: Sandra Diaz, Appalachian Voices, (828) 262-1500; sandra@appvoices.org Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper, (828) 817-5358; hartwell@wnca.org Delayed Coal Ash Regulations Put Public Health at Risk Groups head to court to force issuance of important national safeguards Washington, D.C. – Environmental and public health groups announced their intent…
Read MoreGroups Challenge Public’s Exclusion From Secret Negotiations
An agreement negotiated in secret between the Beshear administration and a major polluter in eastern Kentucky does little to protect the public or prevent future violations, claimed several groups representing Kentucky citizens who use water polluted by the company’s coal mining operations.
The citizens’ groups filed a petition in Franklin Circuit Court on Thursday asking that the agreement between Nally & Hamilton Enterprises and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet be vacated on the grounds that there is “no factual evidence in the record, much less substantial evidence, [that] supports a finding that the Agreed Order is a fair resolution of Nally’s thousands of [Clean Water Act] violations, or that it will be an effective deterrent of future violations.”
Read MorePublic Interest Groups Renew Call to Revoke Massey Energy’s Corporate Charter
PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS RENEW CALL TO REVOKE MASSEY ENERGY’S CORPORATE CHARTER JOINT STATEMENT OF FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE, APPALACHIAN VOICES, AND THE RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK Dec. 7, 2011 ——————— Contacts: Trevor FitzGibbon, 202-506-7162 or 202-406-0646 Sandra Diaz, Appalachian Voices, Sandra@appvoices.org, 828.262.1500 ———————- This week, Alpha Natural Resources, the parent company of the Massey Energy coal…
Read MoreEmployment at Appalachian Coal Mines Hits 15-Year High
Increased federal oversight of mountaintop removal coal mining corresponds with jobs increase, data shows – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Contact: Matt Wasson, Ph.D., matt@appvoices.org, (828) 262-1500 – – – – – – – – – – – –…
Read MoreIsle of Wight County Votes to Oppose ODEC Coal Power Plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE County is latest to cite health and economic concerns as reasons to oppose – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Contact: Mike McCoy, Appalachian Voices 434-299-8550 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…
Read MoreVirginians to Call on EPA, White House to save Ison Rock Ridge from mountaintop removal mining
Citizens rally at EPA to protect Virginia’s Appalachian communities and mountains – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 16, 2011 Contact: Hannah Morgan, 276-494-5686 hannah.morgan@sierraclub.org – – – – – – – – – – – – – –…
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