Written by JW Randolph
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.
Big Win for Appalachia: Streamlined “NWP 21” Officially Suspended!
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided…
Blankenship to Testify Before Congress at Safety Hearing requested by Senator Byrd
HUGE news. Don Blankenship will testify before Congress…
Regulators Ignore Warnings of ‘Intake Air’ Mine Blasts
The recent Montcoal disaster highlighted the need for…
National Mining Association And the Rhetoric of Irresponsibility
“The President has parked his tanks on our…
New Study Shows Correlation Between Cancer, Coal Mining, And Ecological Disintegrity
Another study – this one from Than Hitt…