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Summer 2022

Safe Passage: The I-40 Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project A collaborative effort to make the Pigeon River Gorge section of I-40 safer for wildlife and humans is yielding results. Full story Other Top Stories From As EPA Prepares to Update Federal Air Quality Limits, Coal Dust Looms Large in Eunice Frustrated with constant coal…

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Appalachian groups urge Biden, Congress to ensure climate action helps energy transition communities

APPALACHIA — Today, dozens of Appalachian organizations and national partners submitted a letter to President Joe Biden, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to make sure that a budget reconciliation package under negotiation in Congress targets climate action spending in ways that help communities in coal-impacted Appalachia and elsewhere benefit from the transition to a clean-energy economy.

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Highlights from the Energy Democracy in Action webinar series

Advocates from across the country shared stories of how they gained control over how and where their power is produced during the first two webinars of the three-part Energy Democracy In Action series. Read the highlights and register for the third webinar.

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Why Energy Democracy

For nearly all of the residents and businesses in the three-state region of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, where you live determines who your electricity provider is. You have no choice over where to purchase your power from – or have a say in how your utility produces that power. This is called monopoly utility control,…

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Southeast Ski Resorts Reckon with Sustainability and Climate Change

As Southeast ski resorts upgrade their snowmaking equipment, many are finding that the investment isn’t just good for business  — it’s helped to slash energy consumption and water use.

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Petrochemical Development in Appalachia Faces New Challenges

Economic experts warn that new petrochemical facilities in the Ohio River Valley could be an unwise investment for the region, and one of two investors backs out of a potential cracker plant in Ohio.

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It’s Not Your Imagination — Utilities Are Seeking More Rate Increases

Utilities may be requesting more rate hikes, but more and more legislators are refusing utility money, and communities continue to protest rate hikes.

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Spring 2020

View / Download PDF In our spring issue, we examine how Appalachian hemp farmers are dealing with challenges facing the industry. We look into efforts to stem the tide of rising electricity costs, and analyze the impacts of bankruptcy in the coal industry’s twilight years. We also explore a campaign to ensure that coal communities…

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Seeking a Path to 100% Clean Energy

Localities across Appalachia and the nation have pledged to fully convert to green power — but restrictive policies and monopoly utilities are holding them back.

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In memoriam: April Pierson-Keating

Appalachia mourns the passing of a fierce defender of the environment whose commitment to lifting up the voices of her West Virginia community will continue to grow the pipeline resistance movement well into the future.

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