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Federal agency considers restricting surface mining in Tennessee
Ridgeline corridors across a 67,000-acre area of Tennessee could be protected from surface mining. The U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is considering granting the state’s request for a ban. Submit your comment in support of the Cumberland Mountains before Jan. 25!
August/September 2015
View / Download PDF BLACK AND BLUE: Stories of Coal and Water Formidable Costs: Coal company conducts business as usual near Kanawha State Forest Proposed Stream Protection Rule Released Clean Water Laws Wrestle with Coal In the Neighborhood: Living with Coal Ash Alabama Coal: Strip Mine Proposal Halted on Mulberry Fork Featured Stories August 12,…
Cooling off in the Devil’s Bathtub
Hikers flock to the cool swimming spots along the Devil’s Bathtub Trail in southwest Virginia, though the trail can be challenging.
Communities at Risk from Mountaintop Removal
A new interactive map shows that, even as Appalachian coal production declines, mountaintop removal coal mining is encroaching on many communities in the region.
New map tracks growing threat of mountaintop removal
Contacts: Matt Wasson, Program Director, 828-262-1500, matt@appvoices.org Erin Savage, Central Appalachian Campaign Coordinator, 828-262-1500, erin@appvoices.org Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org A new interactive map released today shows that mountaintop removal coal mining has been expanding closer to communities in Central Appalachia in recent years, posing increasing threats to human health and the environment even…
April/May 2015
View / Download PDF UNDER PRESSURE Our Fractured Relationship with Natural Gas Fracking – a type of natural gas extraction – is a loud, polluting neighbor in many Appalachian communities, and the nation’s appetite for natural gas also raises concerns along the path of proposed pipelines. As its grip grows stronger, this popular new fuel…
Colossal Conifers: The Quest to Restore the Mighty Hemlock
Both central and southern Appalachia are teeming with life, but threats to their natural sanctity — coal mining, acid rain, climate change and invasive pest outbreaks, to name a few — threaten irreparable harm to these ancient mountain landscapes.
August/September 2014
Aug / Sept 2014 – Features View / Download PDF Growing Sustainable Students Across Appalachia, creative competitions, thoughtful partnerships and student engagement are helping campuses advance environmental stewardship to a greener level. Greening the Ivory Tower: Institutions save energy Students lead divestment campaign One Appalachian college strives to reforest Haiti Five schools make the switch…
Member Spotlight: The Mullins Family
A former coal-mining family seeks better future Nick and Rusti Mullins left their home in Berea, Ky., in May with their son, Daniel, and daughter, Alex, for a summer vacation of a very different kind. The plan: to drive some 3,800 miles through 13 states in Appalachia, the Midwest and Northeast over 45 days on…
The Mullins Family
(Clockwise from top left): Rustina, Nick, Daniel and Alex Mullins A former coal-mining family seeks better future Nick and Rusti Mullins left their home in Berea, Ky., in May with their son, Daniel, and daughter, Alex, for a summer vacation of a very different kind. The plan: to drive some 3,800 miles through 13 states…