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.

Green Gorilla on MTR

Via Ivan Enviroman Today we discovered a wonderful…

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Daily Show Covers Newest Bush Rule change on MTR

The Daily Show did a great gag on…

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Beshear (KY-Gov) and Bredesen (TN-Gov) Urge EPA Not to Repeal Stream Buffer Zone Rule

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen requested that EPA reject…

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A New Era on Climate Change

TPM summarizes: Barack Obama is set to deliver…

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Mountain Monday: The Clean Water Protection Act and 2009

In the chilly holiday transition of the next…

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On Coal River

Check this out!: On Coal River Trailer from…

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Mountain Monday: Bush Attempts 11th Hour Steamroll of Appalachia

Two really important things in this week’s edition…

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Mountain Monday: Kilowatt Ours is Coming to Town

Good morning mountaineers, Kilowatt Ours is simply the…

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Serena: This Fall’s Most Dangerous Novel

(By Jeff Biggers, re-printed with permission. – J-Dub)…

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Appalachia and 2008

Nate Silver, an Obama supporter, and master of…

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