We live in a society where people are constantly on the go.  As a full-time student and single parent who is constantly juggling multiple projects, I have become intimately familiar with the feeling of having too many causes and not enough time to dedicate to each of them.  Internet petitions give busy folks like us [...]

Right now, one of our best hopes for ending mountaintop removal mining lies in the EPA’s power to regulate water pollution. As it stands, Lisa Jackson (or another EPA executive) could, with a few strokes of her pen, take dramatic steps toward ending the cultural and environmental attack on Appalachia.
But a bill moving through the [...]

This June 4-11 will be Appalachia Rising: March on Blair Mountain! The march will call for the preservation of Blair Mountain, the site of an historic coal union battle; the abolishment of mountaintop removal coal mining; the strengthening of labor rights; and an investment in sustainable job creation for all Appalachian communities. Please see more [...]