Posts Tagged ‘Coal’
Hundreds of Concerned Citizens in Charlotte Demand EPA Protections from Toxic Coal Ash
For Immediate Release: September 14, 2010 Contact: Rachele Huennekens, Sierra Club (703) 470-2454 Donna Lisenby, Upper Watauga Riverkeeper, (704) 277-6055 Charlotte, NC — Hundreds of concerned citizens gathered in Charlotte on Tuesday, September 14, urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to pass strong, federally-enforceable safeguards for coal ash, the hazardous remains left over from coal-fired…
Read MoreNC Environmental Groups Detail Environmental, Health Problems from Toxic Coal Ash Waste
Appalachian Voices NC Conservation Network North Carolina Sierra Club FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 10, 2010 Contact: Dan Conrad, NC Conservation Network, 919.857-4699 Donna Lisenby, Appalachian Voices, 828.262-1500 Molly Diggins, Sierra Club, 919.833-8467 NC Environmental Groups Detail Environmental, Health Problems from Toxic Coal Ash Waste Report concludes that “Regulation is needed in North Carolina” In…
Read More“Cooperative should scrap proposed coal plant”
This Op-Ed, by the coalition coordinator for the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition of which Appalachian Voices is a proud member, is running at Tidewater News Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s announcement on Wednesday to delay plans for a massive coal-fired power plant in Hampton Roads offers a ray of hope that Virginia can still get…
Read MoreProgress in Virginia coal plant fight: ODEC announces postponement!
Old Dominion Electric Co-op announced today that it plans to postpone for up to two years pursuit of air pollution permits for the massive new coal plant it is proposing. Appalachian Voices, as part of the Wise Energy for Virginia coalition, has been working for over a year to stop construction of this Surry County…
Read MoreODEC Delays Coal Plant Proposal, Wise Energy Coalition Calls on ODEC to Withdraw
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments MEDIA RELEASE www.WiseEnergyForVirginia.org September 8, 2010 Appalachian Voices Tom Cormons (301) 910-8973 Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter Glen Besa (804) 387-6001 Chesapeake Climate Action Network Lauren Glickman (804) 335-0915 Southern Environmental Law Center Cale Jaffe (434) 760-0816 Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition calls on ODEC to permanently withdraw delayed coal…
Read MoreSWOOSH!
Update: Nike has graciously removed the horrific images of mountaintop removal from their WVU page. While I still think that West Virginia University has some serious questions to answer regarding its identity and coal, Nike is to be applauded for respecting the concerns raised by citizens directly impacted by mountaintop removal. ——— Nike Rolls Out…
Read MoreRally for Blair Mountain Labor Day Weekend!
If saving mountains is a hobby of yours (and if you’re reading this blog, I imagine it is) then head out to the Whipple Company Store in Scarbro, W.Va., this weekend to support the historic Blair Mountain! On Saturday, Sept. 4, from noon until 5 p.m., Whipple Company Store and the Friends of Blair Mountain—along…
Read MoreNY Times on Coal River Wind Project, Editorial Too
This month, the New York Times ran a story in the front page of the Business Section about the battle over Coal River Mountain. This mountain, the last standing in the Coal River Valley, is slated for a 6,600 square mile mountaintop removal mine. But local residents, led by grandmother Lorelei Scarbro, has a different…
Read MoreTVA idling units at 3 coal plants- as good as it sounds?
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a New Deal initiative designed to uplift the Tennessee and surrounding Appalachian states by providing electricity to the region, is now better known for one of the largest environmental disasters on the east coast (not including the BP oil spill). A few days before Christmas of 2008, 1 billion gallons…
Read MoreA Miner’s Response
Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of myself and many coal miners throughout Southwest Virginia. I am a reader of your newspaper and an avid outdoorsman and conservationist. Recently, as I read through [Two Miles from Hell: a Miner’s Story in the March 2010 issue], I was appalled at the biased point of view…
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