Topic: Appalachia
Lawsuit: 'Fracking' fluid from gas drilling in Marcellus Shale tainted water wells in NE Pa.Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a drilling company using ...
Mining industry sues EPA, corps over Appalachian coal permitsThe National Mining Association is suing two federal agencies over the Obama administration's efforts to limit surface coal mining in Appalachia.The trade association filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District ...
Editor's Note -- On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines on mountaintop mining. Some Ansted residents support the project, but in a twist of local history, many people, former miners included, oppose it, making the town an improbable ...
EPA to delay 79 mountaintop coal mining permits in 4 states, citing risk to water qualityPresident Barack Obama's administration put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states Wednesday, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act.The ...
The last ice age turned the Appalachians into North America's Noah's Ark.. Environmental groups say the practice is horribly destructive to the region's water, land and wildlife -- but they have been reluctant to use a powerful weapon, the Endangered Species Act, ...
click to enlarge In between writing about what kind of styling paste this guy uses in his hair, GQ covers complex environmental issues. So, finally, a national, well-known and branded publication decides to take a hard look at one of the worst ...
UN endorses initiative to replant forests on Appalachia's mine-scalped mountaintopsSam Adams laid his tools aside and gently pushed fresh dirt around an oak sapling he hopes one day will be part of a hardwood forest high above this Appalachian community.He was one ...
Coal country fears EPA decision to look closely at mining permits will hurt industry, economyThe Obama administration's decision to hold coal mining permits to a high environmental standard has struck a note of economic fear in Appalachia, where mining including the kind ...
Editor's Note -- On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency released new guidelines on mountaintop mining. Some Ansted residents support the project, but in a twist of local history, many people, former miners included, oppose it, making the town an improbable ...
Mountaintop removal mines raise stakes in battle for Appalachia's energy futureTacked to the front porch of a cabin atop Kayford Mountain is a sign. Massey plans to start work as soon as federal regulators approve.But Gibson and others propose a future in ...
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Appalachian English
Excerpt on Appalachian English from the documentary film Mountain Talk ...2008-09-12 -
A Simple Life in the Appalachian ...
(Please watch Chapters II & III also) A rare opportunity presented ...2008-10-03 -
Appalachia; A History of Planned Poverty
"Tell It to the Banjo" is a backwoods bluegrass banjo ...2009-03-29
