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Tree Sitters Hindering Pipeline
A company that builds fracked-gas pipelines is demanding the arrest of 61-year-old Theresa “Red” Terry and her daughter for trespassing — on their own property in the Blue Ridge Mountains. […]
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Community Organizing Summit Leaves Participants Warmed and Strengthened
By Cindy Ellis The registration desk was loaded with vases of daffodils from Roane County as attendees arrived in early April for our co-hosted event, a “Community Organizing Summit”, at […]
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GAO Says Get Rid of Self Bonding
By John McFerrin The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that Congress consider amending the Surface Mining Coal and Reclamation Act to eliminate the use of self bonding as […]
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A Message from Our President
By Larry Thomas Spring has arrived in our mountains. As winter fades away, driving along one finds evidence of the different stages of the transition. While in some areas the […]
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A “Fix” for the Forest Service
By Hugh Rogers “I never think it is a good deal when the Democrats get money and the Republicans get to change the environmental laws.” So Brett Hartl, of the […]
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Curbing our Appetite for Plastics
By Jackie Burns Earth Day theme and campaign The 48thannual earth day is fast approaching. The theme this year is “ending plastic pollution.” Why are these seemingly stable polymers a […]
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Virginia Board Confirms: Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Could Cost Virginians up to $2.3 billion
Virginia’s top economic watchdog has validated expert analysis showing that Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline could cost Virginia ratepayers up to $2.3 billion, refuting Dominion’s faulty claims that the […]
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Compliance Surveillance Finds Pipeline Problems
The March, 2018, issue of The Highlands Voice described the Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), developed by the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and member organizations. The idea is to monitor the […]
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Federal Budget Favorable to Public Lands
By Matt Kearns, West Virginians for Public Lands The 2018 federal budget was more than a “day late,” but it was not a “dollar short” when it came to public […]
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Study Documents Consequences for Babies Born to Mothers Living Close to Fracking
The United States is in the midst of a fracking boom. Short for “hydraulic fracturing,” the technique for exploiting deep deposits of natural gas and oil was virtually unknown before […]
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