By Patrick Cavanaugh, 2012 Red, White and Water intern It’s hard to miss the Asheville coal-fired power plant as you drive into Lake Julian Park in Arden, N.C. The smokestacks and discolored water surrounding the plant scream of environmental abuse…
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Asheville’s Call to Action: The Beginning of the End for Toxic Coal Ash
TAGS: Clean Water Act Coal Coal Ash Environment EPA Health North Carolina Red White and Water Water Pollution
Close Calls as Congress Defeats Rollbacks to EPA Boiler Rule and Speed-up of Keystone XL Pipeline
Get ready, because a hostile hive of lobbyists echoing industry cries that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is no more than big government, job-killing, mean, green machine may have just been shaken up again. On Thurs., March 8, Congress narrowly…
Subcommittee Hearing A “Dog and Pony Show” With Your Ringmaster, Rep. Bill Johnson
I’ll admit, this morning’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources hearing had my head spinning. Similar to the committee’s previous hearings on the stream buffer zone rule, statements made by the Republican majority committee members could cause concerns as to…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Clean Water Act Congress Economy Environment Health Matt Wasson Mountaintop Removal Office of Surface Mining Politics Water Pollution
SELC’s Top 10 Endangered Places List Shows Threats in the Southeast
By Madison Hinshaw, Communications Editorial Intern in Spring 2012. The Southern Environmental Law Center recently released its fourth-annual Top 10 Endangered Places list of 2012, highlighting the scenic, ecologically and culturally rich areas throughout the Southeast that are being threatened…
TAGS: Alabama Coal Ash Environment Georgia Health Mountaintop Removal North Carolina Outdoor Recreation SELC South Carolina Tennessee Virginia
MSHA’s “Rules to Live By” Remind Us of Real Risks
On Jan. 31, the head of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, Joe Main, announced the next phase of the “Rules to Live By” training, a program with a catchy title that aims to reduce mining fatalities and injuries. The…
Sewanee Coal Seam Prohibition Bill Introduced in TN
Tennessee State Senator Berke and Representative McDonald Introduce Legislation That Will Protect Tennessee’s Mountains, Waters, and Public Health. Appalachian Voices Urges TN Legislature to Support This Bill. Appalachian Voices and other allies across Tennessee, including “Statewide Organizing For Community eMpowerment”…
TAGS: Acid Mine Drainage Appalachian Voices Coal Environment Health Tennessee Tennessee State legislature
TN Governor Can Lead Tennessee Away from Mountaintop Removal
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam opposed mountaintop removal during his gubernatorial campaign. Now is the time for him to put action to those words Appalachian Voices is working around the clock to pass the Tennessee Scenic Vistas legislation. This bill would…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Environment Health Mining Jobs Mountaintop Removal Tennessee Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act Tennessee State legislature
Delayed Coal Ash Regulations Put Public Health at Risk
Appalachian Voices issued the following press release to news outlets in North Carolina. A similar version was released nationally by the eleven environmental and public health groups involved in this litigation. Delayed Coal Ash Regulations Put Public Health at Risk…
Delayed Coal Ash Regulations Put Public Health at Risk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTAINS TARGETED NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION Contact: Sandra Diaz, Appalachian Voices, (828) 262-1500; sandra@appvoices.org Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper, (828) 817-5358; hartwell@wnca.org Delayed Coal Ash Regulations Put Public Health at Risk Groups head to court to force issuance…
What’s Clean Air Worth to You?
Why is the EPA Advancing the Mercuryand Air Toxics Standard (MATS)? How much will the EPA’s MATS be worth to your state? CLICK HERE to find out. What happens when 40 year old coal-fired electric power plants don’t have modern…
