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Updates from Appalachia
Communities face mounting harms from Mountain Valley Pipeline
The ruinous Mountain Valley Pipeline has been in operation since June 2024, but serious problems persist.
Updated map hints at scale of black lung crisis
Using data from the Department of Labor, we’ve created a map that hints at the scale of the black lung crisis.
Fluvanna County fights back against proposed Tenaska gas plant
Fluvanna County is situated in Virginia’s Piedmont region. It is a county of great beauty — home to rolling fields, forest, bordered by the James River and bisected by the Rivanna River, the first Virginia river designated as a state Scenic River. It is also home to one of the largest gas-powered electricity-generating facilities in the region. Now, the company behind that methane gas plant wants to double Fluvanna’s gas infrastructure.
Guest post: Working towards energy affordability in rural America
If you live in the United States, there is a one-in-eight chance that you own your electric utility.
Low-income energy assistance program weathers a bumpy year
For decades, LIHEAP has provided utility assistance to an estimated six million Americans each year, helping families and individuals stay safe and warm during the brutally cold winter months. But this important, bipartisan federal assistance program has faced numerous attacks and uncertainty in recent months, threatening its long-term viability.
