SOCM In the News
Group discusses coal mining’s impact, Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/24/group-discusses-coal-minings-impact/
Groups dispute coal mining benefits, Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/23/groups-dispute-coal-mining-benefits/
Coal gets jabbed, Tennessean, http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2010/coal-gets-jabbed/
Report: Coal Mining Costs State Money, News Channel 5 Nashville, Tenn., http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12692980
Study Says Coal Industry Takes More Than It Gives, Nashville Scene, http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/06/22/study-says-coal-industry-takes-more-than-it-gives
Festival's Upside: 'Planet Roo' Commits to Green Innovation, The Tullahoma News, http://www.tullahomanews.com/news/view_article.asp?idcategory=9&idarticle=9092
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



