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Part II: How the Trump plan for the federal budget hurts Appalachia

This is the second of two blogs highlighting some of the ways that the proposed budget would make Appalachians less safe and less financially secure, undercutting economic development and environmental remediation efforts.

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Downtown Pennington Gap, Virginia

Appalachian Voices v. EPA: A letter from our executive director

Appalachian Voices joined our partners and attorneys in a class-action lawsuit against the EPA for unlawfully terminating its Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program. Read a letter from Executive Director Tom Cormons about why we’re taking this step.

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Indie rockers Alpine Motel perform at Solar Summit.

Solar energy lights up Southwest Virginia at inaugural SWVA Solar Summit

More than 200 attendees received a wealth of information from various energy, utility and environmental groups.

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Smoke on the mountain: Canadian wildfires and Appalachian air quality

The wildfire conditions in Canada also affected the United States, with smoke drifting southward and prompting the National Weather Service to issue air quality alerts across the Upper Midwest, including in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

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How the Trump plan for the federal budget hurts Appalachia

Late afternoon on Friday, May 30, President Donald Trump released his proposed fiscal year 2026 government funding budget, which includes steep cuts that would have serious consequences for Appalachians and people in coal communities across the country if enacted. 

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