Written by Kara Dodson
Kara Dodson
Kara Dodson worked with us as Appalachian Voices' Field Coordinator from 2013-2014, after serving as an Appalachian Water Watch intern for three summers prior. She is a life-long advocate of forests, horses, clean water and promoting community engagement to protect the natural environment.
Why do you care?
Whether you’re two days or 20 years deep in environmental or social justice organizing, we all ask ourselves the same question day in and day out: why do I care? Rhiannon Fionn, creator of Coal Ash Chronicles, brings the “Why I Care” video series to the social media scene in the spirit of story-sharing, collaboration, power building and advocacy. Watch a few videos and share your own story.
Stories from South Central Regional Jail, WV
The January spill of the coal-processing chemical MCHM in West Virginia poisoned the tap water of some 300,000 people. Stories are now emerging that some of them were inmates at the regional jail who were denied access to ample, clean water.
North Carolinians Stand Together for Coal Ash Cleanup
This month residents and clean water advocates across North Carolina have stood together to demand that Duke Energy clean up its coal ash pollution. On May 1, Appalachian Voices joined hundreds to rally outside Duke’s annual shareholder meeting and a little more than a week later we helped host a community paddle and picnic day on Belews Lake, where the the largest and dirtiest coal plant in North Carolina is located.
Fouling Our Nest: Coal Ash Roundup and Next Steps
We’ve watched national interest in North Carolina’s coal ash mess grow over the past month and a half, and it’s been a wild ride. The Dan River spill on Feb. 2 sparked a wave of support for closing the 33 ash ponds owned by Duke Energy polluting North Carolina’s surface and ground waters. Here are the most recent developments.
No Coalfields Expressway in Virginia: Rally to Stop the Hijack!
The Coalfields Expressway, more aptly nicknamed the “Road…
Winston-Salem Journal Series Highlights Belews Creek Coal Plant Pollution Concerns
Over the past three weeks, the Winston-Salem Journal…
More clean energy and less coal ash waste ahead for Asheville
Asheville, N.C., harbors a lively community that has…
Highlights from the Southeast Coal Ash Summit
The power of the environmental justice movement is…
Another Clean Water Win! No More Sludge in the Ohio River
Here’s some good news for your Thursday —…
Rivers don’t have a pricetag, so how do we protect what they’re worth?
“After Bonny Blue broke loose the streams been…
