Environmental groups have sued three coal facilities and one chemical plant for the alleged illegal pollution of adjacent waterways.
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Pipelines Continue to Face Obstacles
As the Mountain Valley Pipeline continues to cause problems and spark protests, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline faces new legal troubles.
TAGS: Appalachians Against Pipelines Atlantic Coast Pipeline Dominion Energy mountain valley pipeline pipeline protests
Taking on TVA
Communities are resisting the Tennessee Valley Authority’s frequent cost increases and lack of transparency and clean energy.
TAGS: cost increases energy democracy monopoly utilities Tennessee Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
Ancestors: Honoring the Past Through Work in Black Cemeteries
Writer Terran Sparkle Young describes her experience as a Black American learning about her family’s history and a local overgrown cemetery.
TAGS: African-American cemeteries African-American history ancestry black cemeteries southwest virginia
A Tale of Orchards Past
Apple aficionado Tom Brown has dedicated more than 20 years of his life to saving Appalachia’s forgotten heirloom apples.
Preserving Historic African-American Cemeteries
Communities across the region are working to document and preserve historic African-American cemeteries to keep them from becoming lost to history.
TAGS: African American Burial Grounds Network Act African-American cemeteries black cemeteries Daughters of Zion Cemetery historic preservation
Blackjewel and Revelation Energy Coal Bankruptcy Raises Concerns for Workers and Mine Cleanup
Two coal company bankruptcies in July resulted in retroactively withdrawn paychecks from coal miners and an unclear future for roughly 13,000 acres of unreclaimed mine land.
Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Public Comment Period Begins
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will be accepting public comments on the 73-mile fracked-gas pipeline through Sept. 16, 2019.
TAGS: FERC mountain valley pipeline mountain valley pipeline southgate MVP Southgate NCDEQ North Carolina Virginia
Taking Energy Democracy to the People Through Tours
Alongside partner organizations and concerned citizens, Appalachian Voices launched an Energy Democracy Tour to educate residents in Virginia, North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley on how to take back their electric system from monopoly utilities.
The Trump Administration’s Environmental Record
A partial summary of President Donald Trump’s and his administration’s established track record of reducing environmental protections.
TAGS: Affordable Clean Energy clean power plan Clean Water Act Environmental Regulations EPA paris climate agreement Trump administration
