In 1969, a fire on Ohio’s heavily polluted Cuyahoga River shocked the American public into taking action. Out of that movement, several federal laws, including the Clean Water Act of 1977, were established to safeguard U.S. waterways from industrial pollution.…
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Responding to the Threat on Our Water
TAGS: Clean Water Act Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Cuyahoga River EPA Ohio Politics Red Red White and Water TRAIN Act
The Coal Report
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Save Lives By Meg Holden The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newest regulations to limit air pollution from coal-fired power plants, will take into account the problem of air currents…
TAGS: arch coal Beyond Coal campaign brownfields Coal Report Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Duke Energy EPA Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Pennsylvania Progress Energy Sierra Club Upshur County West Virginia
Across Appalachia
Rays of Solar Progress Peeking Out in Appalachia By Jeff Deal While Appalachia has not yet realized the progress made in solar electricity generation in the United States’ West Coast or Northeast regions, solar energy development within our region is…
TAGS: Across Appalachia Cherokee National Forest Energy Efficiency EPA hydraulic fracking nuclear weapons Solar Energy Solar Homestead Project sustainable building Swamp Angel Energy Tennessee Tennessee Wild U.S. Department of Energy uranium
Threats to the Land
By Jillian Randel Since large-scale farms of today have replaced the small farms of old, the bucolic nature of farming has given way to more industrialized techniques that may not always be better. Large-scale farming operations pose a huge threat…
TAGS: American Farmland Trust CAFOs concentrated animal feeding operations EPA National Resources Defense Council nitrate pollution Safe Drinking Water Act sustainability sustainable farming Water Pollution water testing
Kentucky’s Investigation into Coal Company Water Violations Should Dig Deeper
Last Friday the State of Kentucky announced that they had negotiated a $660,000 settlement with three coal companies over 2,765 water quality related violations at 103 coal mining operations in Kentucky. Based on a recent analysis by Appalachian Water Watch…
