The Whitesville, W.Va.-based Sludge Safety Project is claiming that a recent study of the water quality in an area of Boone County by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection used flawed research methods, contains errors and misinterprets its own…
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Friends of Smokies Receives $10,000 from REI for Trails Forever Program
The Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have received a grant for $10,000 from the national outdoor retailer REI. The grant will benefit the Trails Forever program, which supports trail improvements throughout the park. Funds will help finance…
Bad Coal Boyfriend Doesn’t Want Change His Dirty Ways!
Our letter about the EPA’s new Mercury and Air Toxics Rule was published in the Charlotte Observer last week. In response to “EPA limits toxic plant emissions” (Dec. 22): Thanks to EPA, it just got easier to dump that ‘bad…
The Scoop on Coal Ash at Asheville Plant in North Carolina
Big Thanks to Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper for his help with this post. Bird’s Eye View of Coal Ash Coal contains heavy metals by its very nature. Heavy metals are toxic and oftentimes, a little dab will do ya.…
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…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Environment Health Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Nally & Hamilton Riverkeeper Science and Nature Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper Waterkeeper Alliance
Lisa Jackson has had enough!
In this editorial, published by the Los Angeles Times, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson makes her case for protecting our clean air and water from an unprecedented congressional attack on basic environmental and health safeguards. Join the movement to…
Higher Fines For Big Coal, More Secrecy From The Kentucky Energy And Environment Cabinet
On September 14th, a conference was held with Hearing Officer Blanton in the Office of Administrative Hearing case brought by the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet against Nally & Hamilton. The conference determined whether Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth,…
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Clean Water Act Coal Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper Waterkeeper Alliance
Excel Mining Addresses Pike County Residents’ Flaming Well With A Solution Other Than Just Drilling More Contaminated Wells
In the end of July, Appalachian Voices was contacted by Ted Withrow of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, who reported a family in rural Pike County, Kentucky, with possible methane contamination of their drinking water well, as indicated by flames shooting…
TAGS: Appalachian Water Watch Coal Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Kentucky Mountaintop Removal Riverkeeper Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper Waterkeeper Alliance
United for America’s Arctic
Appalachian Voices is proud to join 50 co-signers on a statement issued by United for America’s Arctic. We recognize the Arctic’s Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as critical habitat for polar bears and marine mammals such as endangered bowhead whales, walrus…
Cleaning Up The Watauga!
A big thanks goes out to all those who helped make the Watauga River a cleaner, more beautiful place to swim, fish, and boat. On Saturday, September 10th, the Upper Watauga Riverkeeper helped to complete a cleanup of the Watauga…
