You searched for south fork coal < Appalachian Voices https://appvoices.org/ Working to protect the land, air, water and people of Appalachia Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:30:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://appvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-AV-logo_graphic_2017_color-32x32.png You searched for south fork coal < Appalachian Voices https://appvoices.org/ 32 32 Summer 2025 https://appvoices.org/thevoice/summer-2025/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:17:59 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?page_id=136099 Summer 2025 View / Download PDF Annual Print Edition In this issue of The Appalachian Voice, we dive deep into stories of disaster recovery across our region — the long road back after Hurricane Helene, push for community resilience hubs and growing strain federal funding cuts and policy shifts are placing on our beloved public...

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Protected Paths: Trails Through Public Lands https://appvoices.org/2025/07/24/trails-through-public-lands/ https://appvoices.org/2025/07/24/trails-through-public-lands/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:04:20 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=135662 This series features lesser-known trails in Appalachia’s public lands. They show the beauty and significance of hiking on public lands.

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Support For Mine Problems in Jeopardy; Groups Challenge South Fork Coal https://appvoices.org/2025/07/23/mine-problems-challenge-to-south-fork-coal/ https://appvoices.org/2025/07/23/mine-problems-challenge-to-south-fork-coal/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:09:33 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=135989 Energy Report stories about Citizens’ ability to get help with mine problems in jeopardy and groups challenge South Fork Coal’s actions in West Virginia.

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Trump administration rubber stamps bankrupt coal company’s encroachment into Monongahela National Forest https://appvoices.org/2025/07/18/south-fork-haulroad/ https://appvoices.org/2025/07/18/south-fork-haulroad/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:28:49 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=135630 Today, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement determined that a bankrupt coal company with a long history of regulatory violations has the right to haul coal through the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. 

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Federal court clears path for legal challenges to coal-hauling in Monongahela National Forest https://appvoices.org/2025/06/18/haul-road-stay/ https://appvoices.org/2025/06/18/haul-road-stay/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:12:16 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=135192 A federal judge in Delaware ruled Tuesday in favor of two motions filed by conservation groups, allowing key legal and administrative actions to move forward to protect portions of the Monongahela National Forest from mining activities by South Fork Coal Company

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Tell Sen. Capito: Don’t mine the Mon! https://appvoices.org/actions/dont-mine-the-mon/ Wed, 28 May 2025 17:50:49 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?post_type=actions&p=134915 The post Tell Sen. Capito: Don’t mine the Mon! appeared first on Appalachian Voices.

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South Fork Coal Company: ‘a trail of pollution, debt and disregard’ https://appvoices.org/2025/05/15/south-fork-coal-company-updates/ https://appvoices.org/2025/05/15/south-fork-coal-company-updates/#comments Thu, 15 May 2025 12:29:08 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=134769 Since late 2023, Appalachian Voices has worked closely with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and other partners to defend the Cherry River from South Fork Coal’s negligence, and to resist this coal company’s encroachment into the Monongahela National Forest.

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American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution https://appvoices.org/2025/04/16/gauley-most-endangered-rivers/ https://appvoices.org/2025/04/16/gauley-most-endangered-rivers/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:58:07 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=134499 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 16, 2025 CONTACTHawk Hammer, National Communications and Media Director, Hhammer@americanrivers.org   Andrew Young, staff attorney for the Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), ayoung@abralliance.org Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, Appalachian Voices, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The threat of toxic pollution from coal strip mining in the headwaters of one of the Gauley’s primary tributaries — the...

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Presidential orders to prop up coal companies would increase pollution, damage public lands and raise power bills  https://appvoices.org/2025/04/09/presidential-orders-prop-up-coal-companies/ https://appvoices.org/2025/04/09/presidential-orders-prop-up-coal-companies/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:12:34 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=134428 President Trump signed four executive orders aimed at propping up declining coal-fired power plants and reducing environmental protections for communities impacted by coal plants and mining.

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Bankrupt coal company cited for releasing ‘sludge’ into West Virginia’s Gauley River watershed https://appvoices.org/2025/04/01/coal-company-cited-for-releasing-sludge-into-watershed/ https://appvoices.org/2025/04/01/coal-company-cited-for-releasing-sludge-into-watershed/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:49:49 +0000 https://appvoices.org/?p=134324 The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued its latest notice of violation against South Fork Coal Company, the bankrupt mining firm operating a 3,600-acre surface mining complex in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, on March 24. The citation was issued for “iron staining and sludge deposits” in Becky Run caused by the company’s Lost Flats #2 Surface Mine.

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