The Front Porch Blog, with Updates from AppalachiaThe Front Porch Blog, with Updates from Appalachia

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Guest post: New SkyTruth research reveals legacy of mountaintop mining — and the policy implications

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Explosives and heavy equipment: the perfect combination for mine owners to extract coal from a pristine Appalachian landscape. Too bad this process, known as mountaintop removal mining, is terrible if you live near the mined mountain, or in a watershed downstream, or on a planet faced with the imminent threat of ever-increasing temperatures brought about by greenhouse-gas emissions. [ Read More ]


Guest post: Alabama electric cooperatives rank last in new regional scorecard

Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

If you haven’t heard, Energy Alabama has released an updated scorecard evaluating the performance of Alabama’s rural electric cooperatives in areas such as democratic governance, member services, and access to clean energy, to name a few. [ Read More ]


Why we will win

Thursday, September 29th, 2022 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Mara Eve Robbins, a stalwart activist in the movement against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, reflects on community and hope in this special guest blog. [ Read More ]


Congress: Now is the moment to clean up acid mine drainage

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Congress can clean up orange water by removing red tape. Join the efforts of community leaders across the country and tell Congress to let states use their infrastructure funding for acid mine drainage treatment! [ Read More ]


The ACP was canceled but we still lost our land

Monday, February 21st, 2022 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 1 Comment

A lot of irreparable harm can be inflicted during a fossil fuel pipeline fight. Just because a pipeline is eventually canceled, doesn’t stop it from bulldozing through precious land and water and exhausting community members to the bone as they fight for their lives. [ Read More ]


Restoring waters damaged by acid mine drainage: A conversation with Amanda Pitzer

Monday, November 1st, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Amanda Pitzer with Friends of the Cheat discusses the specific impacts of acid mine drainage on the Cheat River, analyzes abandoned mine lands funding pending before Congress and charts a path for future success in collaboration with state and federal decision-makers. [ Read More ]


How acid mine drainage fits into pending mine cleanup legislation: A conversation with Joe Pizarchik

Sunday, October 17th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Joe Pizarchik, former head of OSMRE and one of the nation’s foremost experts on complex and sprawling abandoned mine lands issues, provides an essential overview of how acid mine drainage fits into pending legislative proposals and where we should look next. [ Read More ]


Confronting acid mine drainage: A conversation with Rural Action’s Marissa Lautzenheiser

Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

In this conversation, Marissa Lautzenheiser of Rural Action lays out the basics of the acid mine drainage challenge, discusses the unique funding needs for AMD clean-up, and talks about some of the innovative work Rural Action is doing to tackle this problem. [ Read More ]


Senate passes victory for abandoned mine lands – On to the House for improvements

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

The Senate just passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes the LARGEST-EVER investment in abandoned mine land clean-up. Now we need the House to pass this bill with a few small changes that will make a big difference for local communities. [ Read More ]


Biden must stop methane pipelines to deliver on climate change and environmental justice

Monday, June 21st, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

In the USA Today, Indigenous leader Crystal Cavalier and climate scientist Michael Mann team up for this op-ed calling out the Mountain Valley Pipeline as a nail in America's climate coffin and environmental injustice. [ Read More ]


The need for full AML reauthorization and more

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Guest blogger Rebecca Shelton explains why politicians need to be focusing on investing more in coal communities, not less. Congress needs to pass Rep. Cartwright's abandoned mine lands bills. Rep. Cheney's bill, which would shortchange coal communities by slicing the fee, is unacceptable. [ Read More ]


Regulators decide on Kentucky Power’s third rate hike in five years

Friday, February 26th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments

Although the Kentucky Public Service Commission denied the utility's original request for a 25 percent rate increase, the body approved a rate hike of 12.5 percent for residential customers. [ Read More ]



 

 


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