Communities across the region are working to document and preserve historic African-American cemeteries to keep them from becoming lost to history.
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Preserving Historic African-American Cemeteries
TAGS: African American Burial Grounds Network Act African-American cemeteries black cemeteries Daughters of Zion Cemetery historic preservation
Kentucky Holds Hearing on 10,000-acre Mining Ban
Residents of Harlan County, Ky., are seeking to ban surface mining on 10,000 acres of land near the towns of Benham and Lynch.
TAGS: historic preservation Kentucky Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet mining ban surface coal mining
Kentuckians Petition State to Block Surface Mining Near Two Towns
Filers of the petition argue that future surface coal mining near Benham and Lynch, Ky., would harm residents’ health and enjoyment of the area, as well as the towns’ historic character and attempts to attract tourism.
History, health at stake in Buckingham County
The omissions and errors in the permitting process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline regarding an African-American community in central Virginia amounts to racism. A state panel on environmental justice calls for a new process.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Environmental Justice environmental racism fracking historic preservation racism union hill Virginia
