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Democracyhow Dirty Energy Dollars Influence Appalachian Politics AppalachianThe April/ May 2012 VOICE POLLUTING OUR DEMOCRACYHow Dirty Energy Dollars Influence Appalachian Politics ALSO INSIDE: Breaking Appalachia’s Job Barriers • Return of the Fox Squirrels • Building with Nature’s Shingles The Appalachian Voice A publication of AppalachianVoices A Note from our Executive Director 171 Grand Blvd • Boone, NC 28607 - 828-262-1500 Frustration with government bureaucracy some www.AppalachianVoices.org [email protected] times feels like as much of an American tradition as apple pie and baseball, though it’s considerably less for EDITOR ....................................................... Jamie Goodman fun. Given the audacity of what many are calling tis t s MANAGING EDITOR ........................................... Brian Sewell Appalachia the most anti-environmental Congress on record, r ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............................................Molly Moore A it can be hard to retain faith in the system. Those DISTRIBUTION MANAGER .................................. Maeve Gould Appalachian Voices’ 15th Anniversary & Membership Meeting GRAPHIC DESIGNER .........................................Meghan Darst who value clean air and clean water are working EDITORIAL ASSISTANT .............................. Madison Hinshaw against an onslaught of polluter-friendly actions elp us celebrate 15 years of protecting the land, air, water DISTRIBUTION VOLUNTEERS:ALISON AUCIELLO, HEATHER BAKER, BECKY that threaten hard-won environmental protections. BARLOW, JERE BIDWELL, BLUE SMOKE COFFEE, REBECCA BOOHER, CHARLIE and communities of Central and Southern Appalachia! BOWLES, CINDY BOWLES, JANE BRANHAM, STEVE BROOKS, CARMEN In these challenging times, we need to remember H CANTRELL, ALEX CARLL, CHARLIE CHAKALES, SHAY CLANTON, CHRIS that everyday citizens have tremendous power to hold politicians accountable. CLARK, PATTY CLEMENS, THERESA CRUSH-WaRREN, BETH DAVIS, DETTA Join us for this very special annual membership meeting that will DAVIS, DEBORAH DEATHERAGE, LOWELL DODGE, NELS ERICKSON, LaUREN By working together we can ensure that industry special interests are not put include Appalachian music, readings and revelry as we come ESSICK, EMMA FORD, DAVE GILLIAM, SCOTT GOEBEL, LISA GOOdpaSTER, above the welfare of the people. Whether it’s Virginia residents voicing their BRUCE GOULD, GARY GREER, TIM GUILFOILE, KELLY GRIFFIN, SHARON HART, SUSAN HAZLEWOOD, CARY AND KAREN HUFFMAN, TIM HUNTLEY, PAMELA opposition to a proposed coal-fired power plant at local hearings or hundreds together to celebrate our past, present and future work for the health JOHNSTON, MARY K., AMELIA KIRBY, ROSE KOONTZ, FRANCES LaMBERTS, CARISSA LENFERT, SEAN LEVENSON, SUSAN LEWIS, LOY LILLEY, DEBRA of Tennesseans converging on the state General Assembly asking for a ban on and betterment of our region. Proceeds from this event will help us LOCHER, JOY LOURIE, GAIL MARNEY, LEE MARTIN, MAST GENERAL STORE, mountaintop removal, the best tool we have to fight injustice is a united voice. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continue our work to protect Appalachia for the next 15 years! KATHY MCCLORY, KIM GREENE MCCLURE, JAY MCCOY, RICH MCDONOUGH, The Honey Dewdrops ® BONNIE MCGILL, MIKE MCKINNEY, STEVE MOELLER, DAVE AND DONNA MUHLY, For over 15 years people have been coming together under the Appalachian President of the Waterkeeper Alliance Charlottesville’s folk favorites DENNIS MURPHY, CATHERINE MURRAY, DAVE PATRICK, JACKIE PONTIOUS, BRONWYN REECE, MARTIN RICHARDS, CAROL ROLLMAN, KRISTIN ROUSE, Voices banner to protect our region’s citizens and their fundamental rights to DEBBIE SAMUELS, STEVE SCARBOROUGH, GERRY AND JOE SCARDO, CRAIG life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. On June 21, please join us to celebrate The Jefferson Theater on the SCHENKER, KATHY SELVAGE, GREGG SHIRK, BRENDA SIGMON, KAYLA SIMS, LEAH SMITH, SARAH SMITH, JENNIFER STERTZER, MIKE Wade, the 15th anniversary of Appalachian Voices in Charlottesville, Va., with music, Where: downtown mall in Charlottesville, Va. NORA WaLBOURN, BILL WaSSERMAN, JIM WEBB, DEAN WHITWORTH, AMY revelry, and special guests honoring members and allies. Appalachian Voices WICKHAM, DONNA WILLIAMS, GRAHAM WILLIAMS, BARBARA WILLIAMSON, DIANA WITHEN, GABRIELLE ZEIGER, RaY ZIMMERMAN is you, and people like you, who share a vision and are making a difference. June 21, 2012 (doors open at 7 p.m. show at 8 p.m.) Printed on 100% recycled newsprint, cover 40% recycled paper, all soy-based inks When: Thank you! Willa Mays 2nd Edition Managingyour Kathy Mattea Bill Haney and Clara Bingham INSIDE THIS ISSUE Grammy-winning singer The director and producer of Woodlands the award-winning film “The Last Mountain” A Guide for Southern POLLUTING OUR Appalachian Landowners The Dirtiest Congress Money Could Buy: The fossil fuel industry — and today’s members of Congress — Daniel Martin Moore Michael Johnathon Produced by: Appalachian Voices DEMOCRACY are setting records for dirty energy money. ..........................p. 12 The 112th Congress is responsible for an onslaught Kentucky-based singer/songwriter American folksinger, singer-songwriter, Our handbook on forestry Appalachia’s top 12 legislative of anti-environmental legislation, suggesting that this Dirty Money Dozen: author, and playwright recipients of fossil fuel funds ............................................... management gives you the could be the dirtiest Congress on record. We follow p. 14 knowledge and resources the fossil fuel money. “Art” of Influence: Art Pope and the super PAC generation you need to make smart are spending their way to the top .........................................p. 16 Event & Membership RSVP Form decisions about your forest The Emerging Efficiency Lobby: Proponents of doing Name ____________________________________Address _________________________________City__________________________ and become a better more with less (energy) are making headway ......................p. 18 steward of you land. State___________________Zip_____________________ Phone______________________Email________________________________ Now with a Free DVD Current Members: Must RSVP by May 25th Become a New Member: Must RSVP by May 25th “Landowner’s Guide to sustainable Forestry” from the Model Forest Policy Program Appalachia’s Economic Outlook Regulars I am a current member and would like to attend FREE in the Become a member at $35 (minumum) and attend the event in general general admission area admission area The challenges facing Appalachia’s job market are real, Hiking the Highlands .........4 but some are working for change and finding success. I am a current member and would like reserved seating for $15 Become a member at $50 and attend the event in reserved seating p. 20 AV Book Club ..............7 Across Appalachia ......... 8 I am a current member and would like to make an extra gift of I would like to become a member and support Appalachian Voices but will not be attending the event ___ $35 ___ $50 ___$100 ____ other It’s a Fox. No, It’s Coal Update ..............22 $_____ for the fundraiser Capturing p. 10 a ... Squirrel? Appalachia Opinions and Editorials ..... 24 I would like to become a Mountain Protector at $____/month ($10 minumum) and attend the event in reserved seating To get your FREE copy: Sign up at: appvoices. The facinatingly large fox Take a peek at squirrel is expanding its range in This Green House ......... 25 org/reenergizing or contact: 1-877-APP-VOICE MC or Visa Card # __________________________________________Expiration Date ________________________________ some of the Appalachia, and or [email protected] visually pleasing Inside AV ............... 26 edging closer to For information on VIP table seating, please Mail to: 171 Grand Blvd, Boone, NC 28607 · Make Checks Payable to Appalachian Voices finalists — and winners — of the Appalachian a reunion with its Get Involved! ............. 28 State University 2011 Appalachian Mountain eastern cousin. call our Charlottesville office at (434)293-6373 Sign up online at: AppalachianVoices.org/ArtistsForAppalachia Photography Competition. ON THE COVER: Composite illustration by AV Staff p. 6 APRIL/MAY 2012 | The AppAlAchiAn Voice | pAge 3 Left: Reassuringly secured by a hefty chain, Chained Rock looms over the town of Hiking the Highlands Pineville, Ky. Photo credit: Helen Gulgun Bukulmez Perusing Kentucky’s Pine Mountain Park point, the trail passes be- By Joe Tennis Henson, simply for boasting neath a natural rock bridge both a restaurant and lodge. High above Pineville, Ky., near the called the Powderhorn Despite the name and ameni- start of the challenging Laurel Cove Arch, which stands about ties, this is a wild place, as Trail, an old joke straddles a rock at Pine eight feet high and stretch- anyone exploring the rock Mountain State Resort Park. es 40 feet across the trail. “If houses, mossy boulders and Local lore suggests that the people you look at it, it resembles trickling streams of Pine of Pineville were worried about the a powderhorn from the Mountain will see. menacing-looking boulder coming flintlock rifle days,” Hen- “This park is primarily loose and rolling off Pine Mountain. In son says. a natural and cultural his- the 1930s, shortly after Pine Mountain Below that arch, the tory park,” Henson says. opened as Kentucky’s first state park, trail descends through a “In many ways, it’s a time members of the Kiwanis Club of Pinev- wider mix of trees, includ- capsule. It’s a chance to go ille devised an unusual safety strategy ing beech, tulip poplar, back and
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