It’s a good bet you didn’t know Asheville has a weather museum, nor that it has the world’s largest archive of climate data in the world. But it does, and there’s a vision brewing for its future. “We have a…
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Assessing the Cost of Wise County Coal Plant
By Kathy R. Selvage I am a lifelong resident of Wise County, VA, where a now bankrupt company demolished a portion of my Stevens, VA community through mountaintop removal. I know the true costs of being forced to live through…
Opinions
Young Leaders and Green Universities The strong move towards sustainability in Tennessee and North Carolina universities, described in the story on page 12, is one of the most positive trends we have noted in years. We are proud of the…
Brewing up a Revolution
Sandor Katz is literally brewing up a revolution in his kitchen. The Tennessee man has authored two books on food. The first, “Wild Fermentation,” mixes Katz’s experiments with kraut, sourdough, wine and other fermented foods with the politics of self-sufficiency.…
Dirtiest Power Plants Named!
July 27th was a dirty day for Big Coal in North Carolina. The Environmental Integrity Project’s report ranked North Carolina among the “dirtiest dozen” states for air pollution from coal-fired power plants and pinned three plants in North Carolina as…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am the wife of a recently disabled coal miner, and offer my opinion on the (Clean Coal) campaign. Coal is filthy, and in more ways than one. I was insulted when (West Virginia) allowed the workers’ compensation…
Citigroup Cuts Coal Ratings
Two days ago, Citibank downgraded coal stocks “across the board” pointing in significant respects to the industry’s failure to produce timely responses to climate stabilization policy imperatives by, for example, delaying advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and perpetuating its…
Dirty Work: Life and death in Appalachia’s coal country
Last month Reader’s Digest published “Dirty Work,” a follow-up on the dangers that still exist for West Virginia coal miners even after the deaths of twelve men in a mine explosion in Sago, West Virginia last year. The article exposes…
Robert Kennedy to Shoot Documentary about MTR
Yesterday, Robert Kennedy, Jr. visited Charleston, West Virginia as he compiled footage for his documentary about mountaintop removal coal mining. The film will be based on his book, Crimes Against Nature, about the Bush Administration’s rollback of environmental protections over…
