Community groups ask judge to halt mining and hold A&G Coal in contempt for violating court-ordered mine clean-up deadlines

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober, 31st, 2024 CONTACTDan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org  BIG STONE GAP, Va. — Today, three community groups — Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club — filed a motion to hold A&G Coal Company in contempt of court for failure to comply with a prior consent decree. That…

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Court order stops construction of TVA’s Cumberland Pipeline

Under TVA's plan, smokestacks at the Cumberland Fossil Plant would continue to spew pollution into the air.

Press release from the Southern Environmental Law Center, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Appalachian Voices, and the Sierra Club FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 14, 2024 CONTACTSELC: Eric Hilt, 615-622-1199, ehilt@selctn.orgAppalachian Voices: Dan Radmacher, dan@appvoices.orgSierra Club: Christine Ho, christine.ho@sierraclub.org NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has paused two essential water permits for the…

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No time to waste averting another coal mine cleanup crisis

Regulators are ignoring a growing crisis unfolding in modern mine reclamation. Coal companies are often failing to complete timely reclamation, and safeguards to ensure mine cleanup are failing. Communities are already seeing a new, more devastating wave of abandoned mines — a problem that will get worse without action.

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