Contacts: Matt Wasson, Program Director, 828-262-1500, matt@appvoices.org Erin Savage, Central Appalachian Campaign Coordinator, 828-262-1500, erin@appvoices.org Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org A new interactive map released today shows that mountaintop removal coal mining has been expanding closer to communities in…
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New map tracks growing threat of mountaintop removal
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Where There is a Will
The Persistence of Political Challenges in a Region Apart By Brian Sewell From the muddy path that led to the cabin, reporters and cameramen waited to document the modest declaration of an “unconditional war on poverty.” That day in 1964,…
TAGS: Appalachian politics Appalachian representatives Central Appalachia Coal Flaccavento Sen. Manchin Sen. Rockefeller
Congressional Hearing on Stream Buffer Zone Neglects Residents
By Jamie Goodman On Sept. 26, a Congressional hearing took place in Charleston, W.Va. to discuss proposed revisions to the controversial stream buffer zone rule designed to further protect waterways in Appalachia. Conducted by Representatives Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Shelley…
TAGS: cancer Central Appalachia coal decline Coal Report Mountaintop Removal MSHA Office of Surface Mining Powder River Basin Stream Buffer Zone West Virginia Coal Association
