Congress can clean up orange water by removing red tape. Join the efforts of community leaders across the country and tell Congress to let states use their infrastructure funding for acid mine drainage treatment! [ Read More ]
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
The ACP was canceled but we still lost our land
Monday, February 21st, 2022 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 1 Comment
A lot of irreparable harm can be inflicted during a fossil fuel pipeline fight. Just because a pipeline is eventually canceled, doesn’t stop it from bulldozing through precious land and water and exhausting community members to the bone as they fight for their lives. [ Read More ]
Restoring waters damaged by acid mine drainage: A conversation with Amanda Pitzer
Monday, November 1st, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Amanda Pitzer with Friends of the Cheat discusses the specific impacts of acid mine drainage on the Cheat River, analyzes abandoned mine lands funding pending before Congress and charts a path for future success in collaboration with state and federal decision-makers. [ Read More ]
How acid mine drainage fits into pending mine cleanup legislation: A conversation with Joe Pizarchik
Sunday, October 17th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Joe Pizarchik, former head of OSMRE and one of the nation’s foremost experts on complex and sprawling abandoned mine lands issues, provides an essential overview of how acid mine drainage fits into pending legislative proposals and where we should look next. [ Read More ]
Confronting acid mine drainage: A conversation with Rural Action’s Marissa Lautzenheiser
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
In this conversation, Marissa Lautzenheiser of Rural Action lays out the basics of the acid mine drainage challenge, discusses the unique funding needs for AMD clean-up, and talks about some of the innovative work Rural Action is doing to tackle this problem. [ Read More ]
Senate passes victory for abandoned mine lands – On to the House for improvements
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
The Senate just passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes the LARGEST-EVER investment in abandoned mine land clean-up. Now we need the House to pass this bill with a few small changes that will make a big difference for local communities. [ Read More ]
Biden must stop methane pipelines to deliver on climate change and environmental justice
Monday, June 21st, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
In the USA Today, Indigenous leader Crystal Cavalier and climate scientist Michael Mann team up for this op-ed calling out the Mountain Valley Pipeline as a nail in America's climate coffin and environmental injustice. [ Read More ]
The need for full AML reauthorization and more
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Guest blogger Rebecca Shelton explains why politicians need to be focusing on investing more in coal communities, not less. Congress needs to pass Rep. Cartwright's abandoned mine lands bills. Rep. Cheney's bill, which would shortchange coal communities by slicing the fee, is unacceptable. [ Read More ]
Regulators decide on Kentucky Power’s third rate hike in five years
Friday, February 26th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Although the Kentucky Public Service Commission denied the utility's original request for a 25 percent rate increase, the body approved a rate hike of 12.5 percent for residential customers. [ Read More ]
The new face of solar energy in Southwest Virginia
Monday, January 4th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Southwest Virginia native Matthew McFadden is the new Project Coordinator for an initiative to help advance solar energy in the region. [ Read More ]
Miners with black lung disease deserve better
Thursday, October 15th, 2020 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
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 ]
Customer-owned utilities should be leaders on clean energy. Why do most of them fail to deliver?
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Clean energy expert Ivy Main looks at how a lack of transparency and democracy at many Virginia electric cooperatives is causing them to fall behind on renewable energy. Member-owners at Rappahannock Electric Cooperative are trying to change that. [ Read More ]
