SELC’s Top 10 Endangered Places List Shows Threats in the Southeast

By AV's Intern Team | February 10, 2012 |

By Madison Hinshaw, Communications Editorial Intern in Spring 2012. The Southern Environmental Law Center recently released its fourth-annual Top 10 Endangered Places list of 2012, highlighting the scenic, ecologically and culturally rich areas throughout the Southeast that are being threatened by development, water issues and the environmental impacts of mountaintop removal and hydraulic fracturing. The…

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Efficiency a Win-Win for the Mountains and the Economy

By Tom Cormons | February 7, 2012 |

It can seem like a very long way from the ridges, hollows, and creeks of our part of Appalachians to the austere headquarters of the State Corporation Commission ( or SCC) in Richmond. The SCC regulates electric utilities in Virginia, however, and as removed as its financial number-crunching can seem from the bucolic Appalachians, the…

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MSHA’s “Rules to Live By” Remind Us of Real Risks

By Brian Sewell | February 2, 2012 |

On Jan. 31, the head of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, Joe Main, announced the next phase of the “Rules to Live By” training, a program with a catchy title that aims to reduce mining fatalities and injuries. The 14 targeted safety standards in the “Rules to Live By III: Preventing Common Mining Deaths”…

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Blair Community Center and Museum Needs Your Support

By AV's Intern Team | February 1, 2012 |

By Madison Hinshaw, Communications Editorial Intern in Spring 2012. If you’ve ever heard of Blair Mountain, you know the turmoil it has been through in the last several decades. Now this historic mountain and its battlegrounds are being threatened by surface strip mining. That’s why the Blair Community Center and Museum needs your support! The…

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TN Governor Can Lead Tennessee Away from Mountaintop Removal

By JW Randolph | January 31, 2012 |

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam opposed mountaintop removal during his gubernatorial campaign. Now is the time for him to put action to those words Appalachian Voices is working around the clock to pass the Tennessee Scenic Vistas legislation. This bill would make Tennessee the first state to ban mountaintop removal by ending surface mining over 2,000…

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Kentucky Arrow Darter Threatened by Mountaintop Removal

By AV's Intern Team | January 25, 2012 |

By Madison Hinshaw, Communications Editorial Intern in Spring 2012. We’ve known for a long time that mountaintop removal is affecting Appalachian creatures. This time it’s a fish found in the Appalachian streams and rivers — the Kentucky arrow darter. This fish, found only in Kentucky, is one of the top 10 U.S. species most threatened…

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I Love Mountains day 2012 Marching to an Unforgettable Beat

By AV's Intern Team | January 17, 2012 |

By Madison Hinshaw, Communications Editorial Intern in Spring 2012. Do you love mountains? Ever have the urge to stand up for the end of mountaintop removal? Well now is the chance to make a difference and fight for the protection of our environment. This February will bring many opportunities for you to get involved. Beginning…

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A Prayer for Tennessee Mountains

By JW Randolph | January 12, 2012 |

Our good friend and ally Pat Hudson of LEAF has very kindly allowed us to republish her words from Tennessee’s “40 Days of Prayer for the Mountains.” I really wanted to share these with everyone. Please take action to support our efforts to end mountaintop removal in Tennessee here. – jw For the past 40…

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