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Latest Releases From Appalachian Voices

CDC shares new research: For miners, death rate from lung disease is higher than ever before

As comment deadlines come to a close, more than 40,000 voice opposition to new Mountain Valley Pipeline federal permits

Bipartisan bill prohibiting the use of cyanide in mining heads to House of Delegates for consideration

SCC approves first biogas project under new law

Community groups and A&G Coal Corporation reach settlement on coal mine reclamation

Tennessee Valley Authority CEO wants another gas plant after fossil fuel failures during winter storm

EPA proposes moderate improvements for public health; must do more

Carbon Plan must account for affordability

Statement on rolling blackouts in areas served by the Tennessee Valley Authority

Final budget bill includes unprecedented AMLER investment and STREAM Act, but neglects critically needed black lung benefits improvements

Remember Kingston: Communities set up billboards and newspaper ad to honor cleanup workers on the 14th anniversary of the Kingston Coal Ash Spill

Community advocates urge Congress to include key coal community investments in forthcoming budget legislation

Senate passes amended STREAM Act and sends it back to House

U.S. Senate excludes Sen. Joe Manchin’s Building American Energy Security Act from National Defense Authorization Act

Air board votes to move forward with Virginia’s withdrawal from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative