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.

Union of Concerned Scientists on Mountaintop Removal

The Union of Concerned Scientists weighs in on…

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NC Mountain Reps Near the Bottom in “Effectiveness’

The News-Observer had this story last week about…

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MTR: Fact of the Day #7

Coal companies will call it “mountaintop mining.” Sounds…

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Cherokee History

From the Smokey Moutnain News Cherokee Indians attach…

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Sunday Hunting Ban Under Fire?

From the Charlotte Observer Dain Palmer, human dimension…

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Where the Appalachians meet the Atlantic

A Monday tradition… Behold Cape Gaspe in Quebec,…

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Dogwood Alliance, Part II

Can you believe that OfficeMax CEO Sam Duncan…

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Military Bases = Ecological Havens?

The Daily Tar Heel gives us some insight…

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Caring for Creation

Again from Smokey Mountain News: Caring for God’s…

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Mercury Pollution Hits Home

A touching LTE in the Raleigh N&O: I’m…

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