Last night (February 15) the Boone Town Council passed strict new regulations aimed to limit the impacts of coal tar based asphalt sealants. Coal tar based asphalt sealants are terrible for the environment and have serious human health effects because…
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Boone Limits Coal Tar Sealants- Fish and River Lovers Celebrate
TAGS: Boone Coal Environment Fish Kill Health North Carolina Riverkeeper Watauga Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
Great News for Clean Water in Kentucky
In a precedent setting move today, Judge Phillip Shepherd granted limited intervention rights to Appalachian Voices, KFTC, the Kentucky Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance in the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Case against International Coal Group (ICG) and Frasure Creek Mining.…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Environment FArCES of Coal Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Riverkeeper Science and Nature Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
Come Out and Fight for Clean Water
Attention Boonies! Come out this Monday night to support strong new regulations on coal tar based asphalt sealants, the source of the Hodges Creek fish kill last summer. The Boone Town Council will be having a public hearing on Monday,…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Environment FArCES of Coal North Carolina Riverkeeper Science and Nature Watauga Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
America Says: Keep Your Dirty Hands Off My Clean Water Act!
Senator Manchin, Reps. McKinley and Young: Taking the Clean out of the Clean Water Act Some members of Congress have started a war on the Clean Water Act by attempting to revoke a vital resource that allows the EPA do…
Kentucky Legal Action Update
Last Thursday there was a hearing to decide if we would be allowed to intervene in the interest of clean water in a legal case between the state of Kentucky and ICG and Frasure Creek Mining. The Appalachian Water Watch…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Environment FArCES of Coal Health Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Riverkeeper Science and Nature Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
Why Fight When You Can Hide?
Welcome to the biggest fight of 2011! In one corner, Appalachian Voices’ Water Watch team stands poised and ready to fight for clean water. In the other corner, Big Coal tries to defend their polluting ways. The next round of…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Environment FArCES of Coal Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Riverkeeper Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
Breaking News: Kentucky refuses to post the full record against ICG and Frasure Creek
On Dec 17, 2010, Judge Shepherd ordered the Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet to post the proposed consent judgments with ICG and Frasure Creek to its website and provide for a 30 day public comment period. When the Appalachia Water…
TAGS: Coal Environment FArCES of Coal Health Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Riverkeeper Science and Nature Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
The People vs. Big Coal- Appalachia Water Watch
Our Appalachia Water Watch team has been busy busting Big Coal in Kentucky with great results. After finding over 20,000 violations of the Clean Water Act, including evidence of tampering and falsification of discharge monitoring reports, we filed a legally…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Water Water Pollution
Kentucky’s Investigation into Coal Company Water Violations Should Dig Deeper
Last Friday the State of Kentucky announced that they had negotiated a $660,000 settlement with three coal companies over 2,765 water quality related violations at 103 coal mining operations in Kentucky. Based on a recent analysis by Appalachian Water Watch…
Breaking News: Kentucky Filed Legal Action Against the ICG and Frasure Creek coal companies today
Due to violations of the Clean Water Act by ICG and Frasure Creek Mining companies, discovered and made public by Appalachian Voices and our partners in October, the state of Kentucky today filed its own legal action against the two…
TAGS: Coal Environment FArCES of Coal Health Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal Riverkeeper Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
