Tag: News
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Feedback Friday: Solar Builder App
Solar Builder is starting a series of Feedback Friday topics, where we hope to hear from you, our readers, on how we can improve our content and message. This week’s topic is the Solar Builder app for iPads and iPad minis (available […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Dangers of Water Privatization Emerge In the Wake of West Virginia’s Chemical Spill
By Matt Wasson It took a few days after a state of emergency was declared across nine West Virginia counties and one-sixth of the state’s population was told not to drink or bathe using their tap water for the national news media to discover a story of national importance occurring in the political backwaters of Appalachia. [caption id=”attachment_318240″ align=”alignnone”…
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Tar Sands Activists Facing Felony Charges Have Their Day in Court
January court appearances brought a rare victory for tar sands protestor Chris Wahmhoff whose felony charges were dismissed, while felony charges stuck for Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands members Barb Carter, Vicci Hamlin, Lisa Leggio and William Lawrence. Their cases will be heard by a jury on Jan. 27. Jan. 13 Brings a Rare Victory for…
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Preserving an Appalachian Treasure: American Ginseng
[Editor’s note: This article has been going viral on EcoWatch for days and has been very popular over the last many months. The article is from the 2009 August issue of EcoWatch Journal and the online format of the article is from an older version of our site. I thought with it’s renewed popularity, it…
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Leaders Urge President Obama: Consider Climate in Decisions on Keystone XL, Fracking and Drilling in the Arctic
As reported in an exclusive to the Washington Post today, eighteen environmental, environmental justice and public health advocacy groups sent a letter to President Obama, calling on his administration to embrace clean energy and climate action over an “all of the above” energy plan. The groups applauded the President’s actions to reduce carbon pollution and his commitment…