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Rooftop solar panels on Faith Lutheran Church in Tennessee. Photo by Anne Brock of Solar Alliance.

Part 2: Clean energy tax credits are powering change across Appalachia

Across Central and Southern Appalachia, the federal clean energy tax credits expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act are helping communities take action to support new jobs and save money with American-made energy.

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Clean energy tax credits are powering change across Appalachia

Across the country, clean energy tax credits have opened doors for schools, nonprofits, churches, and small businesses to lower energy costs, invest in local jobs, and build more resilient communities.

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Public hearings on T-15 Pipeline in Roxboro & Wentworth, N.C.

South Fork Coal Company: ‘a trail of pollution, debt and disregard’

Since late 2023, Appalachian Voices has worked closely with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and other partners to defend the Cherry River from South Fork Coal’s negligence, and to resist this coal company’s encroachment into the Monongahela National Forest.

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Justice family coal company faces contempt hearing over broken cleanup promises

A&G Coal Corporation, the coal company majority-owned by U.S. Senator Jim Justice and managed by his son Jay Justice, is under renewed legal scrutiny — this time for failing to comply with a federal consent decree that was supposed to ensure the long-overdue cleanup of three major surface mines in Wise County, Virginia.

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Solar’s Here to Stay at the YMCA!

Earlier this spring, community members and solar experts gathered to celebrate the opening of the Tazewell Four Seasons YMCA’s new solar array, which was made possible in part by federal clean energy tax credits that are now at risk.

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