By Matt Abele Multimedia Communications intern, Fall 2012/Spring 2013 This past weekend’s Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C., made it more evident than ever that America is ready for a clean energy future. I arrived on a bus from…
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Forward on Climate!
TAGS: appalachia clean energy Climate change Environmental Justice Mountaintop Removal President Obama Washington D.C.
N.C. Rep. Pricey Harrison to Make Case for Federal Environmental Protections
On Friday morning, North Carolina Rep. Pricey Harrison will testify before a House hearing on “the role of the states in protecting the environment under current law.” It’s an area she knows a lot about – in 2007, Harrison introduced…
TAGS: Coal Ash Electric Utilities Environment EPA Mountaintop Removal North Carolina Red White and Water
Organizational Roundup
Teaming Up For Virginia Appalachian Voices’ Virginia campaign team partnered with Downstream Strategies to help in their research for a report that details how the coal industry is reaping huge benefits from the Commonwealth of Virginia each year. Released in…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal coal ash ponds Downstream Strategies iLoveMountains Mountaintop Removal NC Conservation Network Renewable Portfolio Standards Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Southern Environmental Law Center Tennessee Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act Virginia
Vested Power: State-Level Legislative Agendas in 2013
By Brian Sewell, J.W. Randolph and Nathan Jenkins At the state level, the public often has greater access and input on decisions and the processes of their governments. But so do special interests — especially campaign funders and industries that…
TAGS: Air Pollution Appalachian politics Coal mining fracking Gov. Bill Haslam Gov. Bob McDonnell Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Gov. Pat McCrory Gov. Steve Beshear Greg Stumbo Kentucky Mountaintop Removal NC Division of Air Quality NC Mining and Energy Commission North Carolina Renewable Portfolio Standards state environmental policy Tennessee Tennessee Wilderness Act uranium mining Virginia West Virginia
Membership Spotlight: Michael Elchinger
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Google Earth Inside Appalachian Voices member spotlight Michael Elchinger Mountaintop Removal
“I’m Here Because I Love Mountains:” Watch a speech by Appalachian Voices’ JW Randolph
On Feb. 8, Appalachian Voices Tennessee Director, JW Randolph, spoke to members of the state legislature, the media and the environmental community. Below is a video and the transcript of his speech in support of the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection…
TAGS: appalachia Coal Economy Electric Utilities Environment Health Mountaintop Removal Politics Tennessee Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act Tennessee State legislature TVA Water Pollution
Kentucky Attempts to loosen Selenium Standards, Fish Attempt to Leave the State
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet is in the process of making the state’s water quality standard for selenium less stringent. Selenium is a metal that is especially toxic to fish, and is often released into streams through coal mining.…
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Coal Ash Kentucky Mountaintop Removal Selenium Water Water Pollution
Turning a Win-Win into a Lose-Lose: Virginia Senate Kills Renewable Energy Bill
Last fall, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli latched on to the idea that Dominion Virginia Power and Appalachian Power did not deserve huge bonuses for buying cheap renewable energy credits without actually building wind and solar projects in Virginia, and…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Economy Electric Utilities Energy Efficiency Mountaintop Removal Politics Renewable Energy Virginia
Appalachain Voices and Partners Object to Backroom Deal With Kentucky Coal Company
A coalition of citizens’ groups including Appalachian Voices filed objections to a proposed settlement between Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet and one of the state’s largest coal mining companies, Frasure Creek Mining. The agreement would legally resolve over a thousand…
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
Citizens Object to State of Kentucky’s Backroom Deal With Coal Company
Resources Citizens’ Objection Letter Agreed Order Click for full-sized image Appalachian Voices * Kentuckians For The Commonwealth * Kentucky Riverkeeper * Waterkeeper Alliance Contact: • Eric Chance, Appalachian Voices, 828-262-1500, eric@appvoices.org • Ted Withrow, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, 606-782-0998, tfwithrow@windstream.net…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal EPA Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Water Water Pollution
