EPA to hold 79 mountaintop removal permits for further review, Grist, JW Randolph (Via Appalachian Voices):
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-11-epa-to-hold-79-mountaintop-removal-permits-for-further-review/

 

SOCM will benefit from a Getty Images Grant for Good, June 2009:
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/recipients.aspx?date=6-2009&grant=good

 

TVA spill: 2 more groups seek tougher coal regulations, Knox News-Sentinel, Morgan Simmons, 1/8/09:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/08/tva-spill-2-more-groups-seek-tougher-coal-regulati/

 

Obama invited to TVA spill site, Knox News-Sentinel, Scott Barker, 1/7/09:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/07/obama-invited-tva-spill-site/

 

SOCM Bedford County Chapter hosts Community Unity Night, Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Brian Mosely, 10/30/08
http://www.t-g.com/story/1474043.html

 

SOCM protests Carbon Capture & Storage outside TVA, Knox News-Sentinel, Lariss Brass, 5/5/08 & 5/6/08
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/05/environmental-groups-protest-energy-technology-out/ 
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/06/capturing-awareness/ 

 

SOCM members testify to stop Zeb Mountain mining permit renewal, Knox News-Sentinel, JJ Stambaugh, 5/14/08
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/15/residents-air-concerns-over-mining-permit/ 
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=58044&catid=2 (includes video) 

 

Hundreds oppose mining changes: Public hearing draws more people than auditorium holds, Knox News-Sentinel, Brad Williams, 10/25/07
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/oct/25/hundreds-oppose-mining-changes/ 

 

VIDEO LINKS:

Spill at Tennessee’s Coal Plant Creates Environmental Disaster, Democracy NOW!, Ann League (SOCM member, former VP, current Organizer) featured, 12/24/08 (Beginning: 11:23):
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/24/spill_at_tennessee_coal_plant_creates

 

Debate heats up over strip-mined coal in East Tennessee, WATE Channel 6 News, Ann Kiel, 3-part series, 5/15/08:
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8329931&ClientType=Printable 

 

Family unhappy with increased strip-mining (Zeb Mountain), WATE Channel 6 News, 5/15/08:
http://www.wate.com/global/Story.asp?s=8330128
http://www.wate.com/global/Story.asp?s=8332066

 

Walden’s Ridge & Eagan, TN: Two of America’s Most Endangered Mountains, Appalachian Voices, featuring SOCM members Wanda Hodge & Carol Judy:
Walden’s Ridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNIELSdQ3SU&feature=player_embedded
Eagan, TN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUBObYnPvxE&feature=player_embedded