We send our heart-felt condolences to the family and friends of miners lost in the Upper Big Branch mining disaster, and join our entire region and ... Read This Post
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East Tennessee Green Jobs Tour
SOCM, based out of Lake City, TN, will host a Green-Collar Jobs Tour on April 13th, 2010.The tour will include a visit to Buffalo Mountain Wind Energy ... Read This Post
Your Ideas on Appalachia’s Economic Future
The Appalachian Regional Development Initiative is the name of a new effort aimed at exploring “what the Federal Government can do to promote stronger ... Read This Post
Appalachian Carbon Partnership Launched
As our friends at the Rural Blog have reported, the Appalachian Carbon Partnership has launched a resource to pair individuals, families, companies or ... Read This Post
Education and Jobs are the Key to Reducing Poverty
A recent New York Times Op-Ed made a plea for policy makers to implement policies and programs that we know work to reduce poverty. "'To make a ... Read This Post
KY Home Performance Program Unveiled
Kentucky officials capitalized on the captive audience gathered at last week’s 2010 Midwest Regional Energy Star Conference in Lexington to ... Read This Post
Broadband Internet – Reaching Central Appalachian Rural Communities?
There has been a lot of discussion about increasing access in rural American communities to broadband internet recently both by the federal government ... Read This Post
Census: What the New Count Will Mean for Appalachia in the 21st Century
It's Census time! People have received their forms, 20% have returned them already and the official Census date of April 1 is fast approaching. The ... Read This Post
Spending Money to Save Money: Investing in Energy Efficiency
Our colleagues at the Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance have highlighted the findings of a recent report by the Consumer Federation of America, ... Read This Post
FCC’s National Broadband Plan
Previously we covered a new national effort called Dial-Up Rocks, which asked people to sign a petition for the creation of a National Broadband Plan ... Read This Post
Federal Reports Examining Mountaintop Mining in Central Appalachia Issued
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two reports examining mountaintop mining in Central Appalachia over the last few months. GAO is ... Read This Post
Expanding Market for Appalachian-grown Heirloom Apples
2010 has been declared the Year of the Heirloom Apple by the Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) alliance. An initiative of Slow Food USA, RAFT ... Read This Post
