Mountain Justice Summer Camp, a week-long gathering of Appalachian advocates, celebrated its 10th anniversary this month. Appalachian Voices Grassroots Organizing Intern Chloe Crabtree reflects on the experience and what it means to act.
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What does EPA’s carbon rule mean for your state?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently announced Clean Power Plan aims to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants nationwide. A new tool on the EPA’s website summarizes climate change impacts, current state actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions, and how the rule allows users to see how their state will be affected by the federal effort.
Will West Virginia Politicians Hit “Snooze” on Another Wake-Up Call?
West Virginia’s state and federal leadership fight tooth-and-nail against new rules and the enforcement of existing laws that protect our air, water and health because the earnings of companies bankrolling their political careers might be affected. Now, facing another crisis, we’re rightfully wondering: How many wake-up calls do West Virginia’s elected leaders get?
Shutdown Continues: Appalachian Public Lands Feel the Pressure
By Nolen Nychay Editorial intern, Fall 2013 It is day 16 of the government shutdown, and while a resolution is being negotiated, budget cuts and furloughs at federal agencies continue to affect workers and communities near public lands. Both the…
Report Tracks the Erosion of Coal’s Energy Dominance
By Nolen Nychay Editorial intern, Fall 2013 A report from Goldman Sachs’ commodities research team predicts a decline in global coal production as a result of decreasing demand. While coal-fired electricity still accounts for 36 percent of international electricity generation,…
Study Reveals Mountaintop Removal’s Isotopic Fingerprint
By Nolen Nychay Editorial intern, Fall 2013 Researchers at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment identified three unique isotopes, or irregularly formed elements, that seem to have a direct correlation with mountaintop removal coal mines. The isotopes identified were…
Coal Ash Update: Legislatin’, Litigatin’ and Fillin’
“Passing a bad piece of coal ash legislation prolongs our pollution problem and makes the possibility of an accident much more of a reality.” These words, from a recent letter to the editor in the Asheville Citizen-Times, reflect the growing…
UPDATE: Clean Water Protection Act Gains Support
By Melanie Foley Legislative Policy and Research Assistant, Summer 2013 The Clean Water Protection Act, HR 1837, was introduced last month with 45 original cosponsors. Since then, more than two dozen additional members of Congress have recognized the need to…
Pro Mountaintop Removal Amendments Sneaking Through the Senate
By Melanie Foley Legislative Policy and Research Assistant, Summer 2013 UPDATE: Both amendments proposed by Sen. Joe Manchin to the Water Resources Development Act did not make it into the bill. S.AMDT 846 and 850 would have prolonged the use…
April 20-28 is National Park Week and includes free admissions
By Alix Johns Growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., opportunities to marvel at the beauty of nature didn’t come often. Luckily, my grandparents lived Woodstock, Va., nestled in the Shenandoah Valley. On our trips to visit, we would…
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