April 24, 2019
Major victory on coal ash cleanup
in North Carolina!
After years of diligence by impacted citizens and communities, along with Appalachian Voices and other partners, state regulators have ordered Duke Energy to fully excavate its six remaining coal ash ponds.
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Save the date for “Progress Over Pipelines”
Join us May 17 and 18 as Virginians from across the state unite for a historical march in Richmond with the Rev. William Barber II and a rally in Leesburg to demand an end to the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines.
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A quest to protect at-risk bats
In 2013, researchers found the cave where North Carolina’s only known colony of endangered Virginia big-eared bats roost. What followed was a collaborative effort between the scientists, a land conservancy, government agencies and others to save the land from being turned into a housing development.
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RECLAIM Act back in Congress
The proposal to expedite the spending of $1 billion in coal-impacted communities to clean up old mining sites and repurpose them for economic development has been reintroduced in Congress, with strong hopes of passage this time.
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Appalachians tell of harm from coal mining
Residents of coal-impacted communities went to Washington, D.C., to share their stories of how pollution from strip mining has affected their health and lives and to support a moratorium on destructive mountaintop removal coal mining.
