Appalachian Mountain Advocates – Protecting Natural Resources of Central Appalachia

We use law and science to protect our region’s people, land, air and water.

The impacts of our work reach far beyond Appalachia.

We’ve been at the forefront of the fight against coal for 15 years. And we’ve been highly effective:

We stopped the largest mountaintop removal mine ever proposed
We forced coal mine operators to permanently abandon mountaintop removal mining
We stopped federal rubber-stamp approval of mountaintop removal mining
We drastically reduced the size and impacts of proposed mines, protecting hundreds of acres from mining
We successfully challenged coal-fired power plants
Our work has cleaned up hundreds of miles of streams, reforested of thousands of acres of former mine lands, and provided millions of dollars to land trusts to protect land throughout Appalachia

The natural gas industry is next.

Gas is as bad as coal, both in accelerating climate change and delaying renewable energy options.

From fracking, to pipelines, to power plants, we’re fighting gas from cradle to grave. We must stop the infrastructure that would lock us in to decades of reliance on dirty fossil fuels. Learn more.

Clean Water Enforcement

Natural Gas Pipelines

Mountaintop Removal

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Who We Are

Appalachian Mountain Advocates is a non-profit public interest law and policy organization dedicated to fighting for clean water and a clean energy future.

We work hard to advocate for a sustainable energy economy, fighting further investment in fossil fuels and forcing polluters to pay the costs of cleaning up the messes they’ve already made.

News

WV DEP chief Caperton refuses hearing on MVP pipeline appeal
May 17, 2017
The Justice administration has quietly refused to schedule a hearing on an appeal of a state authorization for the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline. The letter was sent to the public interest environmental law firm Appalachian Mountain Advocates, which had challenged the DEP’s authorization. The two-paragraph letter did not state a reason for denial.

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This Land: Comey Firing Shows Trump Acting Like A Guilty Man
May 11, 2017
The firing of FBI James Comey feels like the beginning of the end of the Trump Administration to me.

The abrupt firing — Comey discovered he had been fired when the news flashed across television screens while he was talking with FBI employees in Los Angeles — came just one day after former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified » Continue Reading. Continue reading

Clean Water Enforcement

Natural Gas Pipelines

Mountaintop Removal

News

WV DEP chief Caperton refuses hearing on MVP pipeline appeal

This Land: Comey Firing Shows Trump Acting Like A Guilty Man