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Updates from Appalachia
EPA holds lone hearing on Clean Power Plan repeal
By holding only one public hearing for the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan, Scott Pruitt is once again working against the EPA’s mission of protecting human health and the environment.
Neighbors angered by latest coal ash news about Duke Energy
The latest news over Duke Energy’s handling of the coal ash crisis in North Carolina has many impacted citizens worried – but perhaps not shocked at the utility’s ongoing duplicity on the issue.
Trump’s war on reality
To revive coal and ignore climate change, the White House must wage war on reality itself.
Boo! Should Duke Energy’s shift from electricity rates to mandatory fees scare us?
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 …
A people’s tribunal on environmental justice impacts of fracked gas
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.
