This week, Appalachian Voices and 12 partner organizations are on Capitol Hill to tell Congress to protect our communities by making coal companies clean up their functionally abandoned coal mines, known as zombie mines.
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A week of action to stop zombie coal mines
TAGS: Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance Alliance for Appalachia Black Warrior Riverkeeper Bond Improvement and Reclamation Assurance Act Center for Coalfield Justice Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act Coal River Mountain Watch Congress Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Resource Council Rep. Matt Cartwright Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Southern Connected Communities Project Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment The Clinch Coalition U.S. Rep. Don Beyer. zombie mines West Virginia Highlands Conservancy zombie mines
Federal court stays Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biological opinion again
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit issued a stay of the biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appalachian mountain advocates Center for Biological Diversity Chesapeake Climate Action Network Endangered Species Act Indian Creek Watershed Association Jefferson National Forest mountain valley pipeline Preserve Bent Mountain Preserve Giles Sierra Club U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginia Rivers Coalition Wild Virginia
Lawsuit launched to protect endangered West Virginia species from coal hauling
Conservation groups intend to sue the U.S. Forest Service over the agency’s failure to protect several endangered species from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest. The suit would also protect the species’ critical habitats.
TAGS: appalachian mountain advocates candy darter Center for Biological Diversity coal hauling Endangered Species Act Freshwater Mussels Greenbrier River Watershed Association Indiana bats Kanawha Forest Coalition Laurel Creek Monongahela National Forest Sierra Club South Fork Cherry River upper gauley watershed West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Forest Service Pulls West Virginia Logging Project
In December, the U.S. Forest Service cancelled a 2,400-acre logging plan in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest after environmental groups challenged the project.
TAGS: candy darter Center for Biological Diversity Monongahela National Forest U.S. Forest Service West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Under Pressure, Patriot Coal to Phase Out Mountaintop Removal
By Brian Sewell On Nov. 15, amid bankruptcy litigation and multiple lawsuits, Patriot Coal announced it would begin phasing out mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia as part of a settlement over selenium pollution. One of the largest operators in…
TAGS: end mountaintop removal Mountaintop Removal Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Patriot bankruptcy Patriot Coal Selenium selenium pollution Sierra Club stop mountaintop removal West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
