Appalachian Voices submitted official comments following the EPA’s public hearing on June 2nd and 4th. Our comments affirm the EPA’s objections to 36 water pollutant discharge permits for surface mines in Kentucky. The 36 draft permits were issued by the…
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Official EPA Comments on 36 Ky Permits
TAGS: Clean Water Clean Water Act EPA Kentucky Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Kentucky Litigation NPDES surface mining Water Pollution
The Unhealthy Culture of Coal
The latest in a round of studies on health and well-being in the coal-bearing regions of Appalachia was released in mid-February, with the puzzling conclusion that, while coal mining may not directly contribute to health problems in Appalachia, it still…
Reclaiming Appalachia: Can Legislation and Enforcement Restore Mountains?
By Molly Moore Kathy Selvage has lived in Stephens, Va., her entire life. From her front porch, she can almost see the field where her childhood home once sat. Instead of the hardwood forest that surrounded her home, graded hills…
BLM/OSM Merger Postponed | Newsbites
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced a postponement of a merger between the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement to Feb. 15, 2012. In late October, Salazar announced the proposal and received immediate…
TAGS: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ammonium nitrate Appalachian politics Baard Energy Bureau of Land Management carbon capture Coal coal-to-liquids plants Energy and Natural Resources Committee EPA high-sulfur coal military training mine inspection National Mining Association Office of Surface Mining Ohio Politics reclaimed surface mine land surface mining Upper Big Branch mine disaster West Virginia University
Appalachian Coal Mining Jobs Reach 14-year High
Increase Comes Despite Arguments that Regulations Kill Jobs Some congressional representatives claim that federal oversight of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia threatens domestic coal production and the regions coal mining jobs, but new government data indicates the opposite is true.…
TAGS: Appalachian politics Coal coal production EPA Mine Safety and Health Administration Mining Jobs Mountaintop Removal Mountaintop removal permits Office of Surface Mining surface mining
