As Southeast ski resorts upgrade their snowmaking equipment, many are finding that the investment isn’t just good for business — it’s helped to slash energy consumption and water use.
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Southeast Ski Resorts Reckon with Sustainability and Climate Change
TAGS: Climate change Energy Efficiency Outdoor Recreation recreation skiing snowboarding southern skiing Winter winter sports
Stake a claim in your electric co-op!
The 2020 election season is over. But wait, there’s more! Next year in Virginia, you have the opportunity to run for your local electric co-op board.
Young Black Leaders Steer the Way for Change in Appalachia
Organizations built to fight for equity and uplift Black lives are surging throughout Appalachia and young leaders are steering the way.
TAGS: African American black appalachian representation Black Lives Matter Black youth racial justice social movements young Black leaders youth leadership
The Appalachian Pipeline Resistance Movement: “We’re Not Going Away”
Residents along the paths of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines have made it clear that fracked-gas projects are not welcome.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline mountain valley pipeline mountain valley pipeline southgate MVP Southgate pipeline resistance pipelines
Southwest Virginia schools, local governments urge fair access to solar
CONTACT: Chelsea Barnes, New Economy Program Manager Appalachian Voices chelsea@appvoices.org 276-207-9636 NORTON, VA. – Several school boards and counties in Southwest Virginia are calling on local leaders and Appalachian Power Company to allow fair access to solar energy for their…
To Stop an American Extinction Crisis, the Southeast Must Pivot Away From Fossil Fuels
One of the worst chapters of the global extinction crisis is playing out in America’s Southeast, a region that rivals the rainforests with its staggering array of aquatic biodiversity.
TAGS: Aquatic life Center for Biological Diversity crayfish Endangered species Endangered Species Act fish Mussels southeast extinction crisis threatened species
Saving Appalachian Species
The Endangered Species Act plays a crucial role in protecting our region’s wealth of biodiversity — but this bedrock environmental law is under attack.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline biodiversity Endangered species Endangered Species Act mountain valley pipeline Mountaintop Removal MVP Southgate species protection threatened species
Pushing back on Appalachian Power’s unfair solar restrictions for schools and governments
Appalachian Power Company is blocking local schools and municipal governments from installing solar. But these public entities have the opportunity to strike a better deal during upcoming contract negotiations with the obstructionist utility.
TAGS: apco Appalachian Power net metering power purchase agreement PPAs Solar solar on schools southwest virginia Virginia
Covid’s impact on coal sharpens the pandemic’s economic hardships
Even before the pandemic, a growing number of coal companies were declaring bankruptcy — and now the decades-long decline of coal is in a nosedive. This will leave already-shortchanged coalfield communities even less money to deal with decades of damage to people’s health and the environment.
TAGS: abandoned mine lands AML reauthorization Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Coal coal decline coal production covid-19 Economy just transition
Utility affordability in the time of Coronavirus
Equitable access to affordable water and energy services — fundamental to human well-being and public health — has been a significant though largely unseen problem for decades. Then Covid struck.
TAGS: coronavirus covid electricity energy burden energy democracy moratorium shut offs shutoffs utilities
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