Coal miners were promised health care benefits if they contract black lung, a deadly disease. Congress owes it to them to ensure those benefits are funded. [ Read More ]
Miners with black lung disease deserve better
Thursday, October 15th, 2020 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
TVA’s Covid relief fund should be a starting point
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 | Posted by Brianna Knisley | No Comments
We've joined dozens of organizations to demand that TVA provide funding for a moratorium on electricity shutoffs in the region and debt relief for families struggling from Covid-related economic hardship. [ Read More ]
Dominion holding out on struggling families
Thursday, October 8th, 2020 | Posted by Emily Piontek | No Comments
Virginia lawmakers must take this opportunity, now, to compel Dominion Energy to forgive debt of families and businesses struggling from the Covid-economic crisis. [ Read More ]
Energy cost hike would burden N.C. families
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 | Posted by Josh McClenney | No Comments
The Covid and economic crisis has laid bare the monthly struggle too many Americans have faced for a long time -- whether to pay their electric bill or buy other essentials like food, medicine or school supplies and risk having their power shut off. [ Read More ]
Mountain Valley Pipeline is not a done deal
Thursday, October 1st, 2020 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Two years behind schedule, $2 billion over budget, only half-built, facing financial headwinds and some investor skepticism, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is anything but a done deal or a sure bet. [ Read More ]
Time’s up for the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 | Posted by Ridge Graham | No Comments
More than 43,000 people agree — regulators need to reject MVP's request for a deadline extension. [ Read More ]
Pushing back on Appalachian Power’s unfair solar restrictions for schools and governments
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 | Posted by Chelsea Barnes | No Comments
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.
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Duke Energy’s sham plan for net-zero carbon
Friday, August 28th, 2020 | Posted by Matt Wasson | No Comments
Duke Energy's failure to move quickly to clean energy would worsen global warming, put the public’s health at risk, and hurt North Carolina families and businesses. [ Read More ]
Groups sue TVA over never-ending contracts
Monday, August 24th, 2020 | Posted by Brianna Knisley | No Comments
Appalachian Voices has joined three other organizations in a lawsuit that challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s long-term contracts with local power companies. These perpetual contracts undermine the local power companies’ bargaining power to negotiate for cleaner, cheaper electricity. [ Read More ]
Covid’s impact on coal sharpens the pandemic’s economic hardships
Friday, August 21st, 2020 | Posted by Matt Hepler | No Comments
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. [ Read More ]
Utility affordability in the time of Coronavirus
Friday, August 14th, 2020 | Posted by Emily Piontek | No Comments
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. [ Read More ]
NC pipeline permit for MVP Southgate denied!
Thursday, August 13th, 2020 | Posted by Ridge Graham | No Comments
North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality denied a water quality permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate extension on the grounds that the MVP mainline is not yet completed. [ Read More ]
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