Yesterday, Appalachian Voices submitted public comments on a proposed wastewater lab certification program in Kentucky. To discharge polluted water, coal companies must receive a permit under the Clean Water Act. This permit that requires companies to test wastewater and report…
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Kentucky’s Lab Certification- Is it strong enough?
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Environment Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Red White and Water Water Water Pollution
Help Protect Kentucky’s Fish from Toxic Selenium
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet is currently attempting to significantly weaken the state’s water quality standards for selenium. Selenium is a pollutant common at some coal mines that deforms and kills aquatic life. It bioaccumulates, increasing in concentration as…
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Coal Ash Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Mountaintop Removal Politics Selenium Water Water Pollution
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
Court Update on Frasure Creek and ICG Clean Water Act Cases
A status conference was held today regarding the Clean Water Act enforcement lawsuits against Kentucky coal mining companies, Frasure Creek and International Coal Group (ICG). The conference was ordered by Judge Phillip Shepherd, of the Franklin Circuit Court in Kentucky,…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Clean Water Act Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Litigation Waterkeeper Alliance
KY Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Citizens and Water
Yesterday the Kentucky State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Appalachian Voices and our partners KFTC, Waterkeeper and the Kentucky Riverkeeper. The ruling upheld lower court rulings allowing us to intervene in a lawsuit between Frasure Creek Mining and the…
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Kentucky Riverkeeper Mountaintop Removal Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
Kentucky Surface Water: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Depending on what you have heard about eastern Kentucky, or your own experiences there, you may have different impressions of Appalachian streams around the area. Some may envision picturesque creeks running through green valleys, while others may think of bright…
TAGS: A & G Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Nally & Hamilton Water Pollution
Kentuckians and Friends Show State Officials Their Love for Mountains on Valetine’s Day
Despite cool, rainy weather in Frankfort, KY, more than 1,200 individuals showed up on the steps of the Kentucky state capitol building for I Love Mountains Day. This annual event is held by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth so that KFTC…
TAGS: Coal FArCES of Coal Hal Rogers Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Mountaintop Removal Water Pollution
Putting the Human Perspective into Mountaintop Removal
By Brian Sewell For every movement, there is a message. This message can take many forms, but often the most moving is the creation of art to inform. Art helps people see problems anew, even those who see them everyday.…
Rally to Save Ison Rock
Hundreds of citizens gathered at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16 to call on the EPA and White House to block a proposed mountaintop removal permit that would destroy Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County,…
TAGS: Air Traffic Control American University Appalachian Voices Ben Sollee Charlotte Coal Ash Daniel Martin Moore Dear Companion demonstration Dennis Kucinich EarthJustice EPA iLoveMountains Ison Rock Ridge Jim James John Yarmuth Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Louise Slaughter Louisville Mountaintop Removal Mountaintop removal permits My Morning Jacket Neko Case NRDC protest Sierra Club Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards The Alliance for Appalachia The Last Mountain Washington DC Wise County Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition
Nally & Hamilton Case Continues in State Court
Yesterday Appalachian Voices along with our partners Kentucky Riverkeeper, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, and Waterkeeper Alliance challenged the recent settlement between Nally & Hamilton and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet in state court. Click here to see the press…
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