Across Appalachia

South Carolina: Steelworkers Oppose DuPont’s Bid to Clean up Savannah Nuclear Site The United Steel Workers (USW) have come out in opposition to DuPont’s effort to secure a $7.5 billion Dept. of Energy (DOE) contract to manage and clean up the Savannah River nuclear weapons site near Aiken, SC. In a letter to Samuel Bodman,…

Read More

Letters

Dear Appalachian Voice, I am enclosing with this letter a picture of my grandson. I wish I could show it to all of those greedy people here who are taking our forests, our mountains, and just destroying it all. I pray that one day he won’t have to wear a gas mask and say, “Granddad,…

Read More

Voices from the Mountains

Sitting before my wood stove fire on this snowy winter morning, I am filled with gratitude for these comforts of the forest. Ken’s business as a handyman takes him to large farms where he culls insect or storm damaged or dead trees. These are what warm us through the cold winters of my beloved Virginia…

Read More

Across Appalachia

Woody biomass fuel helps NC rural economy, urban air Development of North Carolina’s wood resources would help decrease smokestack emissions and contribute to better health and air quality, Alex Hobbs, deputy director of the North Carolina Solar Center, told a wood energy conference at NC State University in March. Hobbs pointed to experience at the…

Read More

International Groups Hear Coal Delegation

Aiming to build alliances throughout the world and call attention to their experiences with mountaintop removal as a form of coal mining, The Coalfield Delegation – a group of seven organizations representing the voices of the dispossessed in Appalachia – told their stories to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in May. The…

Read More

Black Diamonds Documentary Video Released

A realistic style and a straightforward narrative make Black Diamonds one of the best documentary videos to come out of the mountaintop removal mining fight to date. The documentary features discussions with many of the key people who are affected by, and fighting, mountaintop removal. It makes a key point early on — The poorest…

Read More

Across Appalachia

To Avert Disaster: “Pennies of Promise” campaign begins for Marsh Fork school Ed Wiley, grandfather of a Marsh Fork WV elementary student, and other residents of the Coal River Valley gathered at the steps of the Capitol building in late May to announce the launch of “Pennies of Promise,” a campaign to raise the funds…

Read More

International groups hear coal delegation

Aiming to build alliances throughout the world and call attention to their experiences with mountaintop removal as a form of coal mining, The Coalfield Delegation– told their stories to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development meeting in May. The delegation was formed by seven organizations representing the voices of the dispossessed in Appalachia The…

Read More

For Our Members

This summer, Appalachian Voices’ offices were filled with interns and volunteers from across region working on critical issues and providing valuable assistance to our campaigns. We had 62 volunteers and interns this summer working over 1200 hours for our Clean Air Campaign, Mountaintop Removal Campaign, the Appalachian Voice, and our Sustainable Forestry Program Our Clean…

Read More

Barefoot Hiking

Two shoe salesmen, the old anecdote goes, were scouting for business on a tropical island. The first sent back a message to the home office that went something like this: “No use, boss. Everyone goes barefoot here.” But the second fellow had a different perspective entirely: “Everyone is barefoot — sales potential unlimited!” In early…

Read More