Legal challenges continue to stall numerous pipelines as Mountain Valley developers continue to push forward on the MVP Southgate project. A tree-sit in Mountain Valley’s path reaches one year.
Kevin Ridder
Born in Arizona and raised in Tennessee, Kevin’s love of the mountains drove him to move even further east to Boone, N.C., where he serves as The Appalachian Voice's Associate Editor and a communications associate for the organization.
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The Appalachian Voice
Pipeline Developers Push Back Against Grassroots Resistance
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline fracking mountain valley pipeline MVP Southgate pipeline resistance pipelines
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
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
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
TVA Refuses to Excavate One Coal Ash Pit, Will Dig Up Another
The Tennessee Valley Authority does not plan to excavate coal ash at their Bull Run Fossil plant in Anderson County, Tenn., unlike the utility’s agreement to fully remove coal ash at the Gallatin Fossil Plant near Nashville, Tenn.
Welcome Josh and Tyler!
Appalachian Voices would like to welcome the two newest members of our team, Josh McClenney and Tyler Hughes!
The Appalachian African American Cultural Center
TAGS: African-American history Appalachian African-American Cultural Center cultural center Pennington Gap southwest virginia Virginia
Pipeline Protesters Charged with Threats of Terrorism
Two peaceful protesters of the Mountain Valley Pipeline were recently arrested and charged with threats of terrorism, a felony.
Pipeline Legal Disputes Escalate
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.
