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Perry Is Right
In December, 2021, The Highlands Voice published an article asserting that carbon capture and storage is not all that it is cracked up to be as a tool to fight climate change. Carbon […]
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Lexington Coal Clean-Up Plan for Mingo County Mines
By Mike Toney A coal company responsible for some of the highest discharges of a pollutant with toxic effects for West Virginia’s aquatic life has proposed a cleanup plan under […]
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Our Readers Write
Dear Editor, The January Voice had an essay from Perry Bryant in which he disputed part of Dr. Randi Pokladnik’s piece in the December issue on Carbon Capture and Storage, […]
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Supporting the Wilderness Climate:
The First Season of Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Part 3: The Seeds of Popularity By Dave Johnston In the first two parts of this article, which is based on the […]
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How to Fix the Unfixable
By Cindy Rank We’ve seen it before with coal and now it’s happening with gas. On the coal front we have seen third parties contracted to reclaim forfeited coal mine […]
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Conserving Birds in a Changing Climate
By Cynthia Ellis WVHC, we think, was justifiably proud of the line-up of presenters arranged for our virtual Fall Review in 2021. That pride extends to offering some of that information […]
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Book News
Appalachia’s Alternatives to Mainstream America by Paul Salstrom (University of Tennessee Press, 2021) Reviewed by Julian Martin and John McFerrin This is a blend of personal memoir, scholarship about southern West […]
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Doughnut Economics: Linking Environmental and Human Concerns with the Economy
By Jackie Burns There is a new idea among some modern economists that should be of interest to those of us long concerned about the environment. This idea recognizes that endless […]
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Thoughts from our president
Winter is marching through the highlands with freezing temperatures, strong winds (causing temperatures and wind chills to drop below zero on many of occasions) and several snowstorms blanketing the mountains. […]
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Question of Nuclear Power back on the Table in West Virginia
By John McFerrin For over twenty years using nuclear energy to generate electricity in West Virginia has not been a realistic possibility because it was effectively banned by statute. Now there […]
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