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Citizens Object to State of Kentucky’s Backroom Deal With Coal Company
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal EPA Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Water Water Pollution
Coal Ash: Now a Part of a Balanced Breakfast
By Hallie Carde Red, White and Water intern, Spring 2013 This just in: in addition to fruits and veggies, our nation’s children should be getting their daily dose of coal ash. Or at least that’s what statements at a public…
TAGS: Clean Water Act Coal Ash Electric Utilities North Carolina Red White and Water Riverkeeper Water Pollution
Happy Birthday, Clean Water Act!
The Clean Water Act celebrated 40 years of protecting America’s waterways on Oct. 18. Appalachian Voices’ Red, White and Water campaign celebrated the success of this landmark legislation with the report, “The Clean Water Act at 40: Real People, Real…
Sustaining Healthy Appalachian Communities
Editor’s Note: Wendy Johnston is a sixth generation West Virginian from Mercer County and the granddaughter and great granddaughter of coal miners. Her post is the second in a series of guest blogs coinciding with our “No More Excuses” campaign…
TAGS: appalachia Appalachian Culture Clean Water Act Coal Environment Health Mountaintop Removal West Virginia
Worried about Water? The EPA’s New Tool Can Help
Maps provide a valuable perspective of the lay of the land, the ability to identify local waterways, their length and proximity to urban or agricultural areas, and their connectivity as they wrap around hills or snake through open plains. But…
Organizational Round-Up
Showing Some Clean Water Love On October 18, shortly after we go to press, the Clean Water Act will turn 40 years old. In conjunction with that anniversary, our Red, White & Water team is putting together a report on…
TAGS: Clean Water Act Clean Water Act 40th Anniversary Eco-Literacy Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit rural electric cooperatives Sheila Ostroff
Bringing Polluters to Justice — One Court Case at a Time
By Eric Chance and Erin Savage On Oct 1., Appalachian Voices and a coalition of citizens’ groups reached a historic settlement in a Kentucky case involving some of the most far-reaching and astonishing violations of the Clean Water Act in…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Clean Water Act Frasure Creek Frasure Creek Mining and International Coal Group ICG Inc. International Coal Group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Kentucky Litigation Kentucky Riverkeeper Water Pollution Waterkeeper Alliance
Other Shorts
House Sides with Coal, Passes a Non-starter On Sept. 21, in its last act before the election, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed H.R. 3409, a package of five bills it calls the “Stop the War on Coal Act,” claiming…
TAGS: Clean Air Act Clean Air Interstate Rule Clean Water Act Coal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule EPA House of Representatives Mercury and Air Toxics Standard Mountaintop Removal National Resources Defense Council Senator John Rockefeller SouthWings Susan Lapis
Happy 40th Birthday, Clean Water Act!
At Appalachian Voices, we strive to connect communities, families and individuals to their decision-makers to help them protect their land, air and water. We see ourselves in service to those people to help them achieve their goals of providing a…
Clean Water Act Under Siege as the Popular Law Turns 40
Report highlights success stories — and congressional assault For Immediate Release October 18, 2012 Contact: Sandra Diaz, Red, White & Water Campaign Coordinator, 828-262-1500, sandra@appvoices.org Cat McCue, Communications Director, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Washington, D.C.— Despite major cleanups of the nation’s rivers…
