Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 | Posted by Jessica Sims | No Comments
When Congress placed a thumb on the scale to mandate approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s permits in June 2023, construction resumed and communities along the route expressed deep concerns about the use of degraded materials and rushed construction practices. [
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Monday, May 20th, 2024 | Posted by Matt Allenbaugh | No Comments
You can soften the blow of ApCo’s rate increases by making a plan to improve the energy efficiency of your home and taking advantage of the tax incentives currently available. [
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Friday, May 17th, 2024 | Posted by Austin Counts | No Comments
Whether it’s a medical device, like a CPAP machine, or heating and cooling during extreme temperatures, electricity is an important part of a community’s overall resilience. This is especially true during local disasters and power outages. [
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | No Comments
It is far too easy for coal companies to use bankruptcy to effectively hit a reset button. Once they file for bankruptcy, damages they caused and obligations they committed to are often no longer their responsibility. [
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 | Posted by Willie Dodson | No Comments
Appalachian Voices is launching a new partnership with Black By God, a Black-led news and storytelling organization, with a publication of the same name, in West Virginia. Black By God is dedicated to providing a more nuanced portrayal of African Americans in the Mountain State and the Appalachian region than is often found in other media sources. [
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 | Posted by Quenton King | 1 Comment
In April, the Mine Safety and Health Administration announced the
final version of a rule meant to protect coal miners from respirable silica. The announcement was a long time coming. [
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | No Comments
In late summer of 2022, Appalachian Voices discovered selenium, a common pollutant associated with coal mining, in high concentrations in certain streams in the Big Sandy River watershed in Pike County, Kentucky. These waterways receive runoff from the S-1 Hunts Branch Surface Mine, a nearly 2,000-acre mountaintop removal coal mine operated by Lexington Coal Company. [
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Friday, April 19th, 2024 | Posted by Matt Allenbaugh | No Comments
There were bright spots and not-so-bright spots in the 2024 Virginia General Assembly session. [
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Monday, April 15th, 2024 | Posted by Emma Kelly | No Comments
As spring bursts into bloom in the mountains, Appalachian Voices is officially launching Building Community Resilience in Virginia’s Coalfields, a new project funded through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Grant. [
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 | Posted by Jessica Sims | 4 Comments
What I learned from the town hall was that Dominion, a company with significant resources and ability to expand clean energy in Virginia, has branded a new polluting gas plant as its only option for “reliability.” [
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Monday, March 18th, 2024 | Posted by Juhi Modi | 2 Comments
Amid an alarming set of proposals for an extensive methane gas expansion across North Carolina, Duke Energy wants to convert its coal-fired power plant on Hyco Lake in Person County, known as the Roxboro Steam Station, to a combined-cycle methane gas power plant. [
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Friday, February 23rd, 2024 | Posted by Jessica Sims | No Comments
Even as Mountain Valley Pipeline’s rushed construction results in landslides and muddy waters in Virginia and concerned residents call for state and federal authorities to stop the damage, communities to the south are facing new and changing threats from the pipeline’s proposed Southgate extension. [
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