The 5th Annual Weekend in Wise County, hosted by the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition amid Virginia’s treasured Appalachian Mountains, is just around the corner. October 12 through 14, experience the beauty and culture…
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Coming Soon: 5th Annual Weekend in Wise
TAGS: appalachia Appalachian Voices Coal Coalfields Expressway Education Mountaintop Removal Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Virginia Weekend in Wise Wise Energy for Virginia
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
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
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Rallying for Ison Rock Ridge In southwestern Virginia, a mountain known as Ison Rock Ridge — along with several headwater streams — is slated for destruction to access the coal seams inside it. During October, Appalachian Voices, the Southern Appalachian…
TAGS: Alpha Resources Appalachian Treasures Appalachian Voices Inside Appalachian Voices Ison Rock Ridge Massey Energy Mountaintop Removal Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Virginia Wise County Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition
Inside Appalachian Voices
Taking A Stand in the War on Water By Erin Savage Though placid lakes and playful streams seem to say otherwise, a war on water is currently raging in the Appalachian Mountains. Here are just a few of the ways…
TAGS: Appalachian Treasures Appalachian Voices Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Clean Water Cooperation Federalism Act Frasure Creek Mining ICG Inside Appalachian Voices Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Mercury mountaintop Nally & Hamilton Sierra Club Water Sentinels Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards The Appalachian Voice Virginia Water Pollution
