Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2010
We need your help to bring an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. Join us today as part of a national day of action to end mountaintop removal coal mining.
This week, nearly 200 citizens from Appalachia and across the US are gathering in our nation’s capital as part [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2010
Post By Junior Walk, Whitesville, Coal River Valley, West Virginia
Hi, my name is Junior Walk, and my family has lived in the coal fields of southern West Virginia for generations. It pains me to see my heritage destroyed and defamed, and to see my friends and family poisoned by unclean water. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 6th, 2010
Powerful West Virginia Senator Byrd’s weekly “Byrd’s Eye View” is a lovely ode to the mountains of West Virginia - this will be a great inspiration as we move forward with our 10th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington today!
God’s Gift to West Virginia
This year, 2010, is the fortieth anniversary of the premier of John [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2010
Please call Dana Kuhnline at (304) 546 8473 if you would like any additional information regarding the 2010 End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington.
Press Packet for the 2010 End Mountaintop Removal Week In Washington:
Press Release 3.7.2010
Description of The Alliance for Appalachia
Basic Lobby Packet with General Information on Mountaintop Removal and the Legislation
Information Regarding the Clean [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
Visit www.musicsavesmountains.org to learn more about this exciting project coordinated by NRDC. From the website:
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 5th at 10:00 a.m. by phone, the Ryman box office, andwww.ryman.com, and all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.
On May 19th at 8:00pm a star-studded line-up will take the stage at Nashville’s historic Ryman [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
Visit www.appvoices.org for the full story…
Ben Sollee along with fellow Kentuckian, Daniel Martin Moore, will be donating their artist proceeds from their new album, Dear Companion, to Appalachian Voices in support the national campaign to end mountaintop removal mining.
The album is a collaboration between Ben, Daniel, and producer/recording artist Yim Yames. Recorded in the first half [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
For the video and complete report - please visit www.kftc.org
While the Kentucky legislature has generally ignored the economic and environmental consequences of coal, it did get a few minutes today to consider the effects on human health when the House Committee on Health and Welfare gave KFTC 20 minutes on its agenda.
Our three panelists made those 20 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2010
NASA has posted this powerful images of the Hobet mountaintop removal complex in Boone and Lincoln counties in West Virginia - be sure to watch the mine grow over the last 15 years at this link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/hobet.php
The Hobet Mine has been notorious for it’s water quality violations - including quantities of selenium high enough to cause [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2010
Read more and see the videos at KFTC.org
As part of this year’s “I Love Mountains” day, more than 20 KFTC young people – all between the ages of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2010
Read the full blog on www.kftc.org
The Daily Yonder is a terrific website devoted to issues facing rural America. Today it features an important story that examines - and takes apart - a claim made by the Washington Post that coal mining provides “most of the region’s jobs.” The entire post is worth reading. It’s written [...]
