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Updates from Appalachia
Clean water is overdue in West Virginia’s coal country!
Advocates met with congressional staff on Capitol Hill last week to ask for vital water infrastructure investments in West Virginia. Sen. Capito and Rep. Moore are key parts of the process.
East Tennessee communities paid a high price to win federal protections from coal ash. Now the EPA is rolling them back.
Hundreds of communities across the country have been harmed by coal ash pollution, and each one has a story about its fight for protections from this nasty and harmful industrial waste.
Who gets what, when and how: What the congressional appropriations process means for Appalachia
Congress is kicking off the annual appropriations process, where legislators decide whether to sustain or slash programs that support economic development, disaster preparedness, mine safety, environmental remediation and more.
Inside recent efforts to cut the public out of government decision-making and weaken NEPA
Further weakening a key environmental protection law will not speed up infrastructure projects.
Virginia advocates secured big wins at the 2026 General Assembly
The 2026 Virginia General Assembly session turned out to be a monumental year for clean energy policy in the commonwealth, with significant clean energy and energy affordability bills passing both the House of Delegates and Senate.
