Written by Dan Radmacher
Dan Radmacher
Dan is Appalachian Voice's Media Specialist. Previously, he worked as an opinion journalist for newspapers in Illinois, West Virginia, Florida and Virginia, and then as a communications consultant for a number of environmental nonprofit organizations.
Woodfin, N.C., meeting to focus on protection from landslide, wildfire and flood risks
A “Know Your Risks” event on June 27 will help Buncombe County, North Carolina, residents learn about hazards from landslides, wildfires and floods — and how they can better prepare for potential impacts with adaptation strategies designed to protect their homes, property and families.
Mobile billboards to urge lawmakers to support clean energy for data centers
Mobile billboards will be out in Richmond on June 16 and 18 to help spread the message that, whatever lawmakers decide to do about tax breaks for data centers, they should make sure that the power-hungry facilities use clean energy.
Abingdon, Va., retiree community to host ribbon-cutting for solar installation
Elderspirit, a diverse, mixed-income community of about 45 retirees and other older adults, is hosting a ribbon-cutting event to celebrate the completion of a solar installation that will save residents more than half a million dollars in electricity costs over the project’s lifetime.
Environmental groups put Clearco on notice of intent to sue over illegal coal haul road through the Monongahela National Forest
Today, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue Clearco Processing Corporation for conducting unauthorized surface mining-related activities in the Monongahela National Forest in violation of federal and state laws.
Trump-Vance spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to prop up dying coal industry
At an Oval Office event Thursday, President Trump announced that $700 million in taxpayer money would be spent on keeping existing coal plants running, re-opening a closed coal plant in Maryland, building two new coal plants in West Virginia and Alaska, and constructing a coal export terminal in California.
Hundreds of residents, grassroots advocates call on North Carolina regulators to deny Duke Energy’s request to raise electric rates
Last night, members of the public and grassroots advocates spoke out against Duke Energy’s request to raise electric rates at a public hearing in front of the North Carolina Utilities Commission and a rally beforehand.
House appropriations committee rejects amendment to fund West Virginia water needs
An amendment by U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., to fund improvements to drinking water infrastructure in West Virginia failed during an Appropriations Committee meeting.
DEP allows coal company to operate strip mining complex, including impacts to national forest, without first obtaining necessary approvals
Today, a coalition of conservation groups submitted a complaint and public comment objecting to a decision by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to grant “advanced approval” to two mining companies that want to take over South Fork Coal Company’s permits for operations near the Monongahela National Forest, including a haul road that illegally runs through part of the forest.
Court ruling protects endangered wildlife nationwide from dangers of coal mining
A federal court ruled that the federal government’s attempts to undercut Endangered Species Act protections for the sake of coal mining were illegal.
Community and nonprofit groups take Chesterfield fight to Supreme Court of Virginia
Today, on behalf of the Chesterfield County branch of the NAACP, Appalachian Voices and Mothers Out Front, the Southern Environmental Law Center appealed the State Corporation Commission’s approval of a gas plant Dominion has proposed building in Chesterfield County.
