Appalachian Voices News

 
Lawsuit filed against Virginia-based A&G Coal Co. over environmental issues
Chicago Tribune
In a lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, the Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices allege that A&G is polluting a Wise County stream at an unpermitted level above state water quality standards.

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Green Around the Hills: 112th Congress conducted anti-environment session
Elizabethton Star
Appalachian Voices magazine blames it on “The Dirtiest Congress Money Could Buy” (April/May 2012). The 112th Congress ran in its first year the most anti-environment session since the 1st Congress. The House voted 191 times to weaken environmental ...


 
Figures show W.Va. coal jobs up under Obama
Charleston Gazette
For example, average annual employment figures from the US Mine Safety and Health Administration show a reduction in Appalachian coal jobs between 2009 and 2010. Matt Wasson, who monitors coal data for the watchdog group Appalachian Voices, ...

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Ky. court allows groups to comment on settlement
BusinessWeek
The high court unanimously found that Judge Phillip Shepherd did not err in allowing Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance and three private citizens to take part in a suit brought by the ...

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Ky. Voices: Ky. seams diminishing, we need to plan new economy
Lexington Herald Leader
Thus, the Energy Information Agency released a draft report in January stating that, “The share of domestic coal production originating from mines in the West increases from 47 percent in 2010 to 56 percent in 2035, and the Appalachian share declines ...


 
Appalachian Women Take on Big Coal and Mountaintop Removal
Infoshop News
Women in Central Appalachia have been raising their voices for more than a decade calling for an end to this extreme form of mining, yet most state and national decision-makers still turn a deaf ear. We hope that's about to change.

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Coalition Acts to Protect Virginia Rivers and Streams from Mining Pollution
eNews Park Forest
The groups bringing today's lawsuit are the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Voices, and the Sierra Club. “The more we learn about mountaintop removal mining, the more we understand how this destructive practice pollutes our rivers, ...