Appalachian Voices recently joined the Sierra Club, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and Appalachian Mountain Advocates to file a formal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that a Virginia agency had failed to comply with requirements of the Clean Water Act since 2011.
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New Research and Lawsuits Keep Mountaintop Removal in the Spotlight
By Brian Sewell While battles over mountaintop removal permits reach their boiling point and lawsuits are filed and settled, new research revealing the environmental costs continues to pile up. In September, a study by Duke University, Kent State University and…
TAGS: Alpha Natural Resources Clean Water Act energy Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Mountaintop Removal Sierra Club U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Under Pressure, Patriot Coal to Phase Out Mountaintop Removal
By Brian Sewell On Nov. 15, amid bankruptcy litigation and multiple lawsuits, Patriot Coal announced it would begin phasing out mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia as part of a settlement over selenium pollution. One of the largest operators in…
TAGS: end mountaintop removal Mountaintop Removal Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Patriot bankruptcy Patriot Coal Selenium selenium pollution Sierra Club stop mountaintop removal West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Appalachian Water Watch: Bringing Polluters to Justice, One Lawsuit at a Time
Appalachian Voices has joined the Sierra Club and Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards in filing suit against A & G Coal Corporation in Virginia. The suit, represented by the environmental law firm Appalachian Mountain Advocates, alleges that A & G has…
TAGS: A & G Coal Corporation Clean Water Act Frasure Creek Frasure Creek Mining and International Coal Group Selenium Sierra Club Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Seeds of Change Initiative to Improve Access to Local Food
The Boone, N.C.-based non-profit group Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture received a $1.1 million grant from Heifer USA to strengthen the local food system in what is known as the High Country region of North Carolina. The Seeds of Change…
TAGS: Beyond Coal campaign Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture Boone Heifer USA High Country region local farming Mayberry Solar Farm Mount Airy North Carolina O2 Energies Seeds of Change Initiative Sierra Club sustainable farming Tennessee University of Kentucky in Lexington Watauga High School Wind for Schools
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
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
