Originally posted at the Front Porch Blog by Jamie
iLoveMountains.org, a coalition fighting mountaintop removal coal mining, of which Appalachian Voices is a partner organization has launched a comprehensive section of information including links to news, blog posts, photos, and videos of the event as well as detailed information about coal fly ash, historical accounts of [...]

This was originally posted at Appalachian Voices Front porch Blog by Jamie. Virginia has ash dams just like this one that broke in Tennessee. The Wise County power plant has a planned ash dump alongside the Clinch River.You can find updated information at http://www.ilovemountains.org/tva-spill/

Environmental organizations teamed up Saturday to take water samples along the embattled [...]

President-Elect Obama’s new Secretary of the Department of Energy has not been shy about the fact that the United States has to transition away from coal to survive.
In fact, Chu says:
Coal is my worst nightmare.
Dr. Chu, currently Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a Stanford University professor, also says he doubts that carbon [...]

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held an important hearing yesterday on Bush’s 11th hour rule-making shenanigans. As most of our readers will know, one of those last minute rule changes is a repeal of the 25 year old Stream Buffer Zone rule - an important guard against the dumping of [...]

Thursday November 13th, the Commission on Climate Change voted to recommend that Virginia adopt as mandatory the energy efficiency standards outlined by the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE), an independent research firm.
Specifically, the Commission recommended that the state require a 19% reduction in electricity demand by 2025 - which would displace the [...]

I recently had the opportunity to get out of the office for awhile and explore the coalfields of Southwest Virginia. This particular region of Appalachia is stunningly beautiful. Steep mountains, deep fertile valleys, and enormous rock formations. Driving out of North Carolina I was amazed at how different the composition of the mountains [...]

Central Appalachian Coal is selling for 130.00 a ton. This is essentially the most expensive coal on the planet, mined in the most egregious of methods. This can’t be a good idea.coalpricesaresoaring

This is taken from Jim Hansen’s e-mail newsletter. He was asked to defend some protesters in court, but they ended up getting a somewhat decent plea bargain and the case never went to trial.
He gives a rather dry presentation on the science of climate change but he can definitely write well. Give it a read…
You [...]

There have been some remarkable happenings in the last 2 weeks in the fight against dirty coal.
For the first time EVER, both major Presidential candidates are publicly against mountaintop removal coal-mining . Last week at a town hall meeting Senator McCain re-iterated what he told Appalachian Voices back in February. When asked if he [...]

Seriously HUGE. This represents a win, win, win, for consumers, the electric utilities, and the environment. We just have to make sure our friends in Richmond don’t stop it from happening.
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a “nonprofit, 501(c)(3) [...]

Virginia, like the nation, is at a critical juncture. The economy is declining and the climate is warming with potentially catastrophic consequences. Right now, Virginia has an enormous opportunity to secure a clean energy future that will reinvigorate the economy and curb emissions of harmful greenhouse gases.
Will you join us in seizing this enormous opportunity?
We [...]

As Trout Unlimited recently reported, “Forget about record temperatures and shrinking icebergs - the real stories of global warming’s effects in the wild and on the water are told by hunters and anglers.”
While predictions of global warming are serious for all freshwater fish, they are dire for trout. “It doesn’t take a big jump [...]

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Since many of you are new to blogging I thought I would create a quick and easy tutorial on how to format your text and add pictures to your blog. This is meant for the Authors of this blog and is to be read while viewing the “Write Post” page where all the nuts and [...]