Southwest Virginia native Matthew McFadden is the new Project Coordinator for an initiative to help advance solar energy in the region. [ Read More ]
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Welcome to our special feature where we invite guests to pull up a chair, sit a spell, and share their views on issues important to you.The new face of solar energy in Southwest Virginia
Monday, January 4th, 2021 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
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 ]
One neighbor shares the devastating impact of Mountain Valley Pipeline construction on her animals and family
Thursday, January 17th, 2019 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Arietta Ann DuPre's land and her neighbor’s land in Wayside, W.Va., serves as a home for rescued horses and other animals – and in early 2018, Mountain Valley Pipeline developers cut her horses' pasture land in two. [ Read More ]
West Virginians speak out against proposal to log state parks
Thursday, February 8th, 2018 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Guest blogger Chad Cordell of the Kanawha Forest Coalition provides an update on a West Virginia bill that would allow commercial logging of high-value trees in WV state parks, and shares some easy ways to contact decision-makers in support of our parks. #SOSParks [ Read More ]
Appalachian solar jobs on the line in Trump’s Suniva decision
Friday, January 19th, 2018 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 1 Comment
Guest blogger Kyle Pennell of PowerScout takes a look at President Trump's upcoming January 26 ruling regarding tariffs on solar panel imports and the potential impact his decision could have either way. [ Read More ]
Boo! Should Duke Energy’s shift from electricity rates to mandatory fees scare us?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 1 Comment
In addition to the thousands of customers, NC's customer advocate has come out strongly against Duke Energy Progress's 14 percent rate hike. There's even more to the story when you dig in ... [ Read More ]
A people’s tribunal on environmental justice impacts of fracked gas
Friday, October 20th, 2017 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 1 Comment
Lakshmi Fjord, property owner in Buckingham County, Va., where a giant compressor station would be built, talks about the ongoing effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the people coming together to fight it. [ Read More ]
Re: The Problem With Pipelines
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 2 Comments
Guest blogger Mike Younger became involved in the struggle to prevent pipeline expansion when his community in middle Tennessee was informed that they were in the path of a massive fossil fuel infrastructure project. [ Read More ]
Monogamous and territorial – my common traits with woodpeckers
Thursday, August 10th, 2017 | Posted by Guest Contributor | 2 Comments
Living in Virginia, it’s easy to take the Blue Ridge Mountains for granted. But if you pay attention, there’s a mystery to them that many don't appreciate -- including the companies who want to build natural gas pipelines through them. [ Read More ]
Virginia inches closer to a carbon market
Thursday, July 13th, 2017 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is developing a rule that could significantly limit carbon emissions from power plants in the commonwealth. Developing a carbon trading program would be a sound option. [ Read More ]
New renewable energy options for French Broad co-op members
Monday, June 19th, 2017 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Today's guest blogger Alex Arnold focuses on a new policy from French Broad electric co-op in western North Carolina that promotes residential renewable energy generation, including solar energy [ Read More ]
