On AlterNet: appalachia

Where Are the Country's Least Happy and Healthy Americans? New Studies Reveal America's "Sadness Belt"

Melanie Foley,  Appalachian Voices,  Mar 28, 2013

Story  |  Topic: Environment

Black Lung Is Back: Easily Cheated Regulations and Little Oversight Lead to Severe Cases in Young Miners

Chris Hamby,  IWatch News,  Jul 9, 2012

Story  |  Topic: News & Politics

Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal: Interview With Marilyn Mullens

Jeff Biggers,  AlterNet,  May 24, 2012

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Environmental Protections Help Workers More than Greedy Corporate Bosses

Erik Loomis,  AlterNet,  Apr 22, 2012

Story  |  Topic: News & Politics

2 Years After Upper Big Branch Disaster, Coal Baron Blankenship Is Gone. What Else Has Changed?

Bruce Vail,  In These Times,  Apr 4, 2012

Story  |  Topic: News & Politics

The Mysterious Death of Dunkard Creek: Is Fracking to Blame for One of the Worst Ecological Disasters in the East?

Adam Federman,  Earth Island Journal,  Dec 14, 2011

Story  |  Topic: Water

Reverend Billy’s Exodus/Easter Sermon

Reverend Billy Talen Apr 24, 2011

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Legislators Are Going to Unbelievable Lengths to Gouge Clean Water Laws and Cozy Up to Big Coal

Jeff Biggers,  AlterNet,  Feb 24, 2011

Story  |  Topic: Water

Republicans Are Using the Budget to Wage a Massive Assault on the Environment and Roll Back Crucial Protections

Tara Lohan,  AlterNet,  Feb 17, 2011

Story  |  Topic: Environment

UPDATED: Wendell Berry Joins Retired Coal Miners and Residents in Kentucky Rising Capitol Sit-in

Jeff Biggers,  AlterNet,  Feb 11, 2011

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