As residents in the path of the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines call for investigation of potentially toxic pipeline coatings, federal and state officials loosen permitting regulations.
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Fascinating Cave Creatures of Appalachia
Hidden underneath the majesty of the Appalachian mountains is a strange, enchanting cave ecosystem full of unusual creatures.
Pay-What-You-Can Cafes
Appalachia’s donation-based cafes offer delicious, healthy food to diners and volunteers regardless of their ability to pay.
TAGS: community F.A.R.M. Cafe Food Insecurity hunger Local food One Acre Cafe Open Door Cafe Pay What You Can
Volunteers Identify Old-Growth Forest
Volunteers with the Old-Growth Forest Network scout out stands of old-growth forest throughout the country to protect the unique forest habitats these trees provide.
For the Love of Birds
Volunteers across Virginia participate in a statewide survey of breeding birds to create better conservation policy.
Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipeline Challenges Continue
A slew of legal challenges and protestors has suspended construction on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines.
Logging and Prescribed Burns: Healthy or Harmful?
The use of timber harvests and prescribed burns on national forest land is hotly debated by conservationists and forest users.
TAGS: forest management logging national forests Prescribed burns timber harvests U.S. Forest Service
Environmental Protection Agency Aims to Deregulate Coal Ash
The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back federal coal ash safeguards gives more leeway to states — and advocates worry that would put drinking water at risk.
TAGS: CCR Coal Ash coal ash cleanup coal ash rule deregulation Environmental Protection Agency EPA Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia
People in the Path of Pipelines
New pipelines transporting natural gas and gas liquids would cut across hundreds of miles through Appalachia and beyond, putting people, land and water at risk. Here, residents along the route share their stories. Mountain Valley Pipeline Cletus and Beverly Bohon…
TAGS: fracked gas Natural Gas North Carolina Pennsylvania people in the path of pipelines pipelines Virginia West Virginia
The Tiny House Revolution
More and more people are building tiny houses as a sustainable alternative to traditionally large American homes.
