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.

Big Coal is Desperate

After Kansas rejected an unnceccesary coal-fired power plant,…

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Action at CitiBank in Washington, DC

Congrats to our friends at RAN. The action…

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Watauga High School to be First Green “LEED certified” in NC

Thanks to some hard-work of many local activists…

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Appalachian Coal: the faucet is almost dry

The issues with coal-fired power plant emissions are…

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The Market Speaks

…and big coal is out! So says this…

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Pull the Rule

Check out these comments from the Stream Buffer…

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Al Gore on Mountaintop Removal

[bumped, due to Mr. Gore’s strong showing in…

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Republicans for Environmental Protection endorses the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 2169)

Proving the across-the-board support for the Clean Water…

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Vote for Larry

You know him. You love him. You respect…

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Congressional Letter to OSMRE

The following US Congrssmen and women sent a…

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