Reposted from the entry at West Virginia Blue, originally posted there on 12/20. Broadband: Four Legislative Steps To Ensure Economic Growth by: ... Read This Post
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Roadmaps to New Power: WMMT Radio Brings Together Coal Miners and Tree Huggers on the Airways
More in the "Roadmaps to New Power" series author Jeff Biggers has been chronicling Huffington Post. We are thrilled to see our allies -- ... Read This Post
Activists’ Tools: Google’s Earth Engine Announced at Climate Summit
Interesting implications for forestry management programs here in Appalachia — like the Appalachian Carbon Partnership and the Appalachian ... Read This Post
EPA Seeks Comments on New Web-based Tool for Accessing Wastewater Pollutant Discharge Information
EPA Seeks Comments on New Web-based Tool for Accessing Wastewater Pollutant Discharge Information: "Beta" Version Now Available The U.S. ... Read This Post
Reason to Believe in Environmental Justice: Coalfields Hero Judy Bonds
As part of Jeff Biggers' on-going look at New Power efforts throughout the Coalfields, he profiles the efforts of the great Judy Bonds. This story ... Read This Post
New Census Data: Telling Stories Block by Block
New data released by the American Community Survey (ACS) reveals information about county level data, such as income levels, educational attainment ... Read This Post
India’s Coal Rush: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam
Jeff Biggers profiles Bulu Imam in the Huffington Post, continuing to look at the impacts of extraction on different communities. Originally posted ... Read This Post
Thoughtful Coalminer on Transition: What Will it Take?
Former coal miner Daniel Hawkins has started a blog Thoughtful Coalminer He writes about many of the same transition issues and struggles with the ... Read This Post
New Resource to Help Rural Communities Prepare for the Worst
Our friends at the Rural Blog have a story on a new web tool to help rural communities plan for disasters:A recently launched Web site from the Center ... Read This Post
Beshear to be States’ Co-chairman of ARC
As reported by the Associated Press, in the Herald-Leader: HAZARD, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has been selected to be the 2011 ... Read This Post
Appalachian Voices: Kentucky’s Investigation Into Coal Company Water Violations Should Dig Deeper
Cross-posted from our friends at Appalachian Voices: Kentucky’s Investigation Into Coal Company Water Violations Should Dig DeeperDecember 7, 2010 - ... Read This Post
Change Generation: Taylor Stuckert, Co-Director, Energize Clinton County
This article originally appeared on Fast Company on 12/2/10. We were impressed by Taylor's ideas, and the efforts of one community's effort to ... Read This Post
