Appalachia News

Happy July, my friends. For your third-quarter reading pleasure, a few little ditties on green: From the Times, a sobering look at how the Supreme Court handled environmental cases on its docket over the past year.

Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American history.

Suppose a logging firm was tearing the cherry trees from around the Jefferson Memorial.

SWINE FLU CENTRAL>>> Track the Swine Flu Outbreak throughout West Virginia and the World.

The White House sure likes to put on a show. Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News , the Obama administration broadcast another health care propaganda play this week under the guise of a citizen "town hall." Chicago consigliere and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett managed the floor and human props for Obama.

The White House sure likes to put on a show. Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News, the Obama administration broadcast another health-care propaganda play this week under the guise of a citizen "town hall." Chicago consigliere and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett managed the floor and human props for Obama.

Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job.

At an emotional forum in Virginia, President Barack Obama hugged a cancer patient Wednesday and vowed to bring greater efficiency and accessibility to the nation's health care system.

By Bill Bishop, Daily Yonder What does coal cost mining communities? More than it gives in return, according to two new reports.

Although Mark Sohn began to garden at the age of 5 and his love of food would later blossom in Paris, he's been particularly fond of Appalachian cooking for the last three decades.

Published by the Scott County Virginia Star on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Since its creation by the Virginia General Assembly in 1988, the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority has helped Southwest Virginia grow by approving $117 million in funding for more than 200 regional projects and helping to bring nearly 12,000 jobs to the region.

Coal industry advocates and environmentalists converged on Capitol Hill on Thursday at a congressional hearing on the impact of mountaintop removal mining on Appalachian streams and rivers.

SUNDIAL, West Virginia , June 23, 2009 - West Virginia State Police today arrested at least 29 demonstrators, including government climate scientist Dr.

It's called the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy, but the month-long cultural kaleidoscope's more than 200 events include dance, a film festival, theater, literature, visual arts, cooking classes, whiskey, beer and wine tastings - even hikes.

To say that Ripley, West Virginia is off the beaten path is to assume that path is the road not taken by Robert Frost.

BIG STONE GAP, Va. - There's a whole lot riding on an abandoned rail spur even though trains no longer do.

The costs of illness and premature deaths in Appalachia related to coal mining far outweigh economic benefits the industry brings to the region, says Michael Hendryx, Ph.D., of WVU's Department of Community Medicine.

Coal mining costs Appalachians five times more in early deaths than it provides in economic benefits Monday, June 22, 2009 By Bill Becker The Appalachian region has been supplying American with cheap energy for generations, a duty it has performed with a sense of pride and patriotism.

This is a historic week in the coalfields of Appalachia. A historic study quantifying the cost of coal in the form of human lives has come out , andA an historic action will take place in Coal River Valley on Tuesday.

The origin of the English country garden is explored in 'The Brother Gardeners' "T HE BROTHER Gardeners" by Andrea Wulf is a beguiling tale of two men related only by their shared enthusiasm for nature.