The National Mining Association shrugged when a review of research linking mountaintop removal to human health impacts was halted. But the NMA does not speak for coal communities.
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Massive mountaintop removal mine threatens Clearfork Valley
The Clearfork Valley of Tennessee has been intensely surface-mined going back decades. Now, Kopper Glo Mining is moving forward with a nearly 1,500-acre mountaintop removal mine on nearby Cooper Ridge.
TAGS: appalachia Clean Water Act Coal Coal mining Environment Health Mountaintop Removal Tennessee Water Pollution
White House halts review of mountaintop removal health impacts
The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered the National Academy of Sciences to halt its review of the links between mountaintop removal coal mining and human health impacts.
TAGS: Air Pollution Coal Congress Environment Health Kentucky Mountaintop Removal Tennessee Virginia Water Pollution West Virginia
The fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is not over
As expected, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently gave a glowing review to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, overlooking the threats to wetlands, forest, drinking waters and indigenous populations along the pipeline’s proposed route.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Clean Water Act Duke Energy Electric Utilities Environment Natural Gas North Carolina Water Pollution
USFS to hold open houses on North Carolina Forest Plan revisions
This summer, the U.S. Forest Service will host a series of open houses in western North Carolina as part of its 15-year planning process for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests.
All the ways this White House props up coal
The coal lobby’s influence over the White House is a given at this point — as is the White House’s willingness to put its finger on the scale in favor of our dirtiest, most carbon-packed energy sources.
Students speak out against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Why collaborative resistance matters
Guest bloggers Divest Appalachian members Cassidy Quillen and Olivia Nelson take a look at how the Atlantic Coast Pipeline touts an ideology of sustainability while profiting off of industries driving climate change.
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Atlantic Coast Pipeline Climate change Duke Energy Environment Health North Carolina pipelines
Unnecessary and unwanted: Opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline grows
The public has taken every opportunity to tell FERC to reject the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. There’s still time to add your voice to the choir of people across the country urging FERC to reject the unnecessary and unwanted project.
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Atlantic Coast Pipeline Electric Utilities Environment fracking pipelines Virginia
White House budget leaves Appalachia in the dust
The White House released its budget blueprint last week, and the proposal is nothing short of a disaster for Appalachia and rural communities across the country. Here’s a look at a few agencies and programs the White House wants to completely eliminate if it had its way.
TAGS: appalachia Climate change Congress Economy Environment EPA Health Kentucky Politics West Virginia
Fighting for clean water after the Stream Protection Rule
When Congress voted last week to overturn the Stream Protection Rule, people braced themselves for the coming impacts. But threats to public water from corporate and political interests are nothing new in Central Appalachia, nor is the problem unique to this area. In the face of these threats, communities fighting for clean water need our continued support.
TAGS: appalachia Coal Congress Environment Health Mountaintop Removal Politics Stream Protection Rule Water Pollution
