The Appalachian Voice
Life is Surreal Since the Chemical Spill
By Linda Frame “That’s a First World Problem, Mom,” my teenage son told me one day. I can’t remember now what trivial thing I was complaining about. Because that was before the chemical spill. On Thursday evening, Jan. 9, I was where I am a lot of the time, at the grocery store. I noticed…
Read MoreForty Minutes from Fresh Water
By S. Rhodes My community is partially in Putnam and partially in Cabell County. I have many elderly neighbors, and yes, there are also children and handicapped individuals that need access to clean water. Water distribution in this area was cut off on Jan. 18. I own a small business that I run out of…
Read MoreCitizen Stories On January 9, 2014, a chemical called MCHM leaked into the water supply of 300,000 West Virginia residents, causing a crisis unlike anything that America has dealt with before. These are stories of the affected as well as those of folks trying to help. Forty Minutes From Fresh Water “The smell alone, with…
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Read MoreProtecting Tennessee’s Scenic Vistas
The Volunteer State once again has an opportunity to stop mountaintop removal coal mining from destroying more beloved mountains.
Read MoreFighting for Virginia’s Clean Water
Appalachian Voices joined a lawsuit against Penn Virginia Operating Company in late January regarding selenium pollution from abandoned mines.
Read MoreWelcome, Hannah!
We are proud to introduce our new Virginia Campaign Coordinator, an Old Dominion native with a background in fighting coal-fired power plants.
Read MorePushing for Effective Coal Ash Rules
On Jan. 29, the EPA was ordered to finalize the first-ever federal regulations for disposal of coal ash by Dec. 19, 2014, following a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups and a Native American tribe.
Read MoreAppalachia’s Political Landscape
By Brian Sewell IN THE STATES Kentucky: Gov. Steve Beshear did not mention coal much in his Jan. 7 State of the Commonwealth speech, but he did put the spotlight on S.O.A.R, an initiative to provide economic assistance to eastern Kentucky counties suffering from coal’s downturn. Coal mining communities could also receive an economic boon…
Read MorePatriot Coal CEO: Ending Mountaintop Removal Mining a “Win-Win”
After emerging from bankruptcy, Patriot Coal CEO Bennett Hatfield said in an interview with SNL Energy that the 2012 settlement over selenium pollution that forced the company to begin phasing out mountaintop removal proved to be a “win-win.” Even before the settlement, Hatfield said, Patriot was finding it “increasingly undesirable to deploy mountaintop removal operations…
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