We’re working with partners to equip two community-serving facilities in far Southwest Virginia with solar panels and energy storage technology, turning them into resilience hubs that provide power and safety during extreme weather and outages.
Contact your members of Congress and ask them to help protect coal miners from black lung disease by pressuring the Mine Safety and Health Administration to keep and implement protections from dangerous silica dust.
The Tennessee Valley Authority makes its long-term plans with little transparency and without meaningful public input. The TVA Increase Rate of Participation Act would improve accountability at the public power authority.
Appalachian communities are celebrating stories from their past and lifting up parts of their culture while creating new places to gather and build the future.
Opposing a new gas plant: In Fluvanna County, Virginia, the planning commission voted that the proposal does not fit the county’s plan.
Budget bill raids Abandoned Mine Land Fund: The bill passed Congress, but we’re already fighting to make sure legislators leave mine cleanup funding intact for Fiscal Year 2027.
Chesterfield power plant fight continues: VDEQ granted the methane gas project’s air permit, but Virginia utility regulators suspended their approval to consider an appeal from Appalachian Voices and others.
Jan. 25 at noon: Watch “The True Cost of Power,” a documentary about Duke Energy’s methane gas buildout that features an interview with Appalachian Voices! Carrboro, N.C.
Feb. 27-28: Watch “A Beast Touch the Mountain,” a documentary about the fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and enjoy a Q&A with the film’s director. Boone, N.C.
