The Appalachian Voice Archives | Page 155 of 298

Petition Focuses on Va. Regulatory Failures

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

Appalachian Voices recently joined the Sierra Club, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and Appalachian Mountain Advocates to file a formal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that a Virginia agency had failed to comply with requirements of the Clean Water Act since 2011.

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Proposal Advances

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

Duke Energy, Dominion Resources and other partners are teaming up to build a 550-mile pipeline to better access natural gas produced in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, where fracking has proliferated in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations.

Energy Savings Advances in Tennessee and North Carolina

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

This September in Tennessee, Appalachian Voices participated in an energy efficiency “retreat” that brought the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association and six of its member cooperatives together with a number of state agencies and numerous experts in energy efficiency finance.

North Carolinians React to Proposed Fracking Rules

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

The N.C. Mining and Energy Commission held public hearings in August and September on the proposed rules it has put forth to regulate fracking in the state. At each of the four hearings held across the state, North Carolinians overwhelmingly expressed concerns with the rules’ shortcomings and the state’s rush to begin fracking.

Gainesville Commission Votes to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Purchases

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

On Sept. 18, city commissioners in Gainesville, Fla., voted 5-2 for a policy that could end the local power plant’s purchases of Appalachian coal mined by mountaintop removal, and they unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the destructive practice. The move makes Gainesville the first city with a municipal utility to adopt such a policy.

Appalachian Power seeks solar “standby” charge

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

Virginia’s second-largest electric utility wants permission to levy a charge on residential customers who produce their own power but remain connected to the grid.

Black lung disease reaches near-record levels

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has released research on the “entirely preventable” resurgence of black lung among coal miners.

Rallying for Appalachian Environmental Justice

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

Appalachian Voices has recently been on the road and joining up with many of our partners to stand strong on mountaintop removal coal mining and climate change.

Appalachian Voices Hosts Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Knoxville

By AV's Intern Team | October 13, 2014 |

A special selection of award-winning films about nature, community activism, adventure and conservation are screening Thursday, Oct 30 at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville, Tenn.