Posts Tagged ‘Appalachia’

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Nov30

EPA's Choice This Week: Crucify Appalachia or Stand Up to Big Coal Lobby

by Rusty on November 30th, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Some things should go with­out say­ing, but they don't. After forty years of reck­less dev­as­ta­tion and crim­i­nal vio­la­tions, the fate of clean water and human rights in the Appalachian coal­fields is now in the hands of Lisa Jack­son. Novem­ber 29, 2010 No one in Wash­ing­ton, DC–outside of Pres­i­dent Obama–will deter­mine the future of clean water and health […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov02

Today in Appalachia and Around The Bend

by Rusty on November 2nd, 2010 at 2:12 pm

Some­one, I hope to hell, is vot­ing against frack­ing in NY and PA. I'm try­ing some­thing dif­fer­ent on the blog today, an aggre­gate of Appalachian/rural inter­est links. I hope at least some of them are edi­fy­ing. I hope too that peo­ple will send sto­ries and poems and essays my way. Haven't had many sub­mis­sions lately. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr22

Tube Time

by Rusty on April 22nd, 2010 at 2:52 pm

Here's some­thing you might be inter­ested in. PBS will be broad­cast­ing Appalachia: A His­tory of Moun­tains and Peo­ple Thurs­day, April 29 and con­tinue each Thurs­day through May 20. So if you missed it the first time around now's your chance to see it. It is well worth the time. National PBS will be broad­cast­ing an encore show­ing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan17

A Requirement for Respect

by Rusty on January 17th, 2010 at 9:00 am

Self-explanatory. by Rebecca Gayle How­ell. Orig­i­nally deliv­ered on behalf of Ken­tuck­ians For The Com­mon­wealth, at 21c Museum. Louisville, Ken­tucky. Decem­ber 06, 2009. The peo­ple of East­ern Ken­tucky – West Vir­ginia, East Ten­nessee – have been treated as the ‘Other Amer­ica’ for more than a cen­tury. From Lil Abner to Shelby Lee Adams—from Charles Kuralt to Diane […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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