Written by JW Randolph

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JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

Senator Robert C. Byrd has Passed Away

Robert C. Byrd “may come closer to the…

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Big Win for Appalachia: Streamlined “NWP 21” Officially Suspended!

The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided…

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Blankenship to Testify Before Congress at Safety Hearing requested by Senator Byrd

HUGE news. Don Blankenship will testify before Congress…

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Regulators Ignore Warnings of ‘Intake Air’ Mine Blasts

The recent Montcoal disaster highlighted the need for…

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Our Greatest Resource

This just in from Senator Byrd… “Our Greatest…

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OSMRE Releases New Details on Stream Rule

With this mornings Notice of Intent for an…

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National Mining Association And the Rhetoric of Irresponsibility

“The President has parked his tanks on our…

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The President’s Eulogy For 29

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New Study Shows Correlation Between Cancer, Coal Mining, And Ecological Disintegrity

Another study – this one from Than Hitt…

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President Obama Speaks on Mine Disaster

Text of the President’s Remarks Now, let me…

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