(Photo by Phil Taylor)
Former coal miner Pete Ramey, 79, grew up in the mountains along Virginia’s border with Kentucky. He said mountain-top removal mining has become so prevalent that his scenery changes daily.
By Phil Taylor, Medill
When you turn on your computer, do you know where the electricity lighting your screen originates? What about the [...]
Coal Mining Runs Deep in Appalachia, But it Only Scratches the Surface of These Mountains
July 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · Appalachia, Appalachian Voices, Boone, Cliffside, coal, Cornell, Department of Engery, Dominion, Energy Information Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Exeter, mines, mountain-top removal, Powder River Basin, Prescott mining, Toms Creek, Wise County, Wise County Chamber of Commerce
The Idea of Nuclear Power? Just Peachy in This Part of South Carolina
July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
(Photo by Phil Taylor)Gaffney, South Carolina’s one-million gallon “Peachoid.”
Did you know Cherokee County, S.C., once produced more peaches than the entire state of Georgia? A million-gallon, peach-shaped water tower built along I-85 was my first hint while driving into Gaffney, where Duke Energy plans to build a 2,234 megawatt nuclear power plant.
Tags: · Broad River, Cherokee County, Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, coal, Dominion, Duke Energy, Gaffney, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, South Carolina
