Front Porch Blog
From conversation to construction: Building a community vision
The park is the focal point of our community-driven planning process, from the design of the stage to the planned uses of the new space.
Read MoreResidents oppose Dominion Energy’s massive gas plant proposal to meet data center demand
The proposed Cumberland Energy Center would be capable of powering the equivalent of 750,000 homes, but the roughly 4,000 households in rural Cumberland County would have to live with the dirtier air, health impacts, noise and traffic it will cause.
Read MoreA new map shows the funding need for abandoned mine cleanup across the U.S.
Three million people live near water polluted by acid mine drainage, open mine portals, underground mine fires, polluting mine waste, dilapidated infrastructure and a number of other abandoned mine features.
Read MoreThe Trump-Vance administration is pressing the gas pedal on fossil fuels and throwing up roadblocks for renewables. Congress should not enable it.
Given the Trump-Vance administration’s focus on fossil fuels, it’s clear that the projects expedited by changing the permitting process are virtually guaranteed to be for dirty energy.
Read MoreThe grave new threat facing communities
The Trump-Vance administration has used the Defense Production Act to prop up fossil fuel industries, including issuing hundreds of millions of dollars in DPA grants to keep aging coal plants operating and fund new coal-fired power plants.
Read MoreAbingdon’s ElderSpirit community celebrates going solar
It was a bright week for clean energy earlier this month in Abingdon, Virginia, as residents of the ElderSpirit community gathered together with solar professionals and local leaders to celebrate the official ribbon-cutting of the community’s new solar arrays.
Read MoreVirginia rejoins RGGI
On July 1, as a heat wave baked the commonwealth, Virginia rejoined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, more commonly known as RGGI.
Read MoreCoal ash: The next-door neighbor no one is talking about
There are millions and millions of tons of coal ash sitting in unlined ponds and pits right next to our waterways. And right now, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation are holding public hearings to gather community input on the future of that waste.
Read MoreFive facts on why your community wins with solar energy
We’ve put together five facts about solar that can help you answer common questions and push back against misinformation when solar projects are discussed in your community.
Read MoreSolar-powered microgrids are ready to support communities in WNC
Two new mobile solar-powered microgrids are ready for use in Western North Carolina, and 24 stationary microgrids are coming to sites like fire stations, libraries and community centers.
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