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.

Kentuckians Confront Governor Beshear

Update: Great news! Press Release: Fourteen Kentuckians Will…

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Virginia General Assembly’s Vote will Weaken State’s Enforcement of Clean Water Act

News from our good friends at the Wise…

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Virginia General Assembly Proposes Dangerous Clean Water Act Rewrite

Update: SB 1025passed the Senate this afternoon. The…

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America Says: Keep Your Dirty Hands Off My Clean Water Act!

Senator Manchin, Reps. McKinley and Young: Taking the…

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Appalachian Voices Strongly Supports Mine Safety Legislation (S 153)

Senators Rockefeller, Harkin, Murray, and Manchin Introduce Legislation…

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Priorities.

Joel Pett nails it:

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President Obama’s SOTU and Coal

Many folks have asked what we thought of…

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Maddow Show Talks Manchin, EPA, Mountaintop Removal

Great Segment, but NYT Reporter Matthew Wald Gets…

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Impacts of Coal 101: Mountaintop Removal = Job Removal

Or, How I Started Worrying when I Learned…

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Dear Joe Manchin, Arch Coal Has a Plan, And it is Not You.

The FArCES of Coal:”With Our Head in the…

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