Pushing for Action on EPA Coal Ash Rules

Eleven environmental and public health groups from across the country, including Appalachian Voices, will head to federal court to ensure that the EPA releases long-awaited public health safeguards against toxic coal ash this year.

Despite scientific evidence that links coal ash to elevated health risks such as cancer, mounting instances of groundwater contamination from coal ash impoundments, and the devastation of the 2008 TVA Kingston coal ash spill, the EPA has continued to delay federal regulations on coal ash disposal.

[ Read more about the upcoming litigation and the dangers of coal ash. ]

Celebrating Our 15th Year of Protecting the Appalachian Mountains

Since 1997, Appalachian Voices has advocated for the forests, streams and people of Appalachia. Our goal has been to protect a region whose richness of species is rivaled only by tropical rainforests, but is threatened by an outdated industrial mindset that also imperils the entire planet.

Only with the support of our members can we preserve the land, air, water and communities of Appalachia and break the cycle of political corruption that reinforces the region’s dependence on coal.

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