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Posts Tagged ‘North Carolina’

West Marion Resilience Hub is ‘Not Your Grandma’s Community Center’ 

By Abby Hassler | July 24, 2025 | 0
The West Marion Inc. team poses at a community event for the West Marion Resilience Hub. Several of Swepson’s board members attended Mountain View School before it shut down in 1966. Photo by Dayna Reggero

A nonprofit is working to transform the historic Mountain View School building into the West Marion Resilience Hub to create a more resilient and equitable future for the community.

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors

By Contributing Writers | July 23, 2025 | 1
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, ROAR set up a mutual aid hub to accept donations and distribute supplies to those in need in Marshall, N.C. Photo by Matt Wallace

Mutual aid projects foster community and solidarity and build a shared understanding of why people don’t already have what they need. These networks are growing across Appalachia in response to disasters.

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Gas Buildout Continues Across Southeast

By Dan Radmacher | July 23, 2025 | 0
TVA imploded the Bull Run coal power plant’s smokestack on June 28. The smokestack spewed a final blast of toxic dust over Claxton, Tenn., where its unscrubbed fly ash poisoned the air for decades before a 2011 Clean Air Act settlement. The power plant ceased operations in 2023. Photo by John Todd Waterman

A massive buildout of methane gas infrastructure in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee is taking place across the Southeast.

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‘Next Time, We’ll Be Ready:’ Community Resilience Hubs Take Root in Western North Carolina 

By Abby Hassler | July 9, 2025 | 0
Piney Hill Baptist Church, located northeast of Burnsville, N.C., served as a vital hub for this isolated community cut off by the river along U.S. Route 19E. Due to logistical difficulties sourcing fuel for gasoline generators, Footprint Project helped the hub install solar panels to power its Starlink. Additionally, the nonprofit provided a Tesla Micro Power Unit that powered a well pump on an individual's property. That individual then became the drinking water source for their neighbors. Photo courtesy of Footprint Project

After Hurricane Helene, some organizations are hoping to establish long-term community resilience hubs in North Carolina. In an ideal scenario, these hubs would be equipped with renewable infrastructure, such as solar microgrids, to maintain reliable access to electricity in the event of grid outages.

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

By AV's Intern Team | June 14, 2025 | 0
Rooftop solar panels on Faith Lutheran Church in Tennessee. Photo by Anne Brock of Solar Alliance.

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

By AV's Intern Team | June 12, 2025 | 0

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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Transco submits application for Southeast Supply Enhancement Project pipeline

By Dan Radmacher | June 10, 2025 | 0
Dan River in North Carolina. Photo by Jessica Sims.

On Friday, June 6, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission posted Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC’s Joint Permit Application for its proposed methane gas pipeline “Southeast Supply Enhancement Project.” 

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Mountain Valley Pipeline developer submits application for Southgate pipeline to NC DEQ

By Molly Moore | June 6, 2025 | 0
Federal agencies take public input on proposed MVP Southgate pipeline

MVP developers submitted their application for a Clean Water Act Section 401 permit to the NC Department of Environmental Quality.

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NC regulators to hold public hearings on Enbridge’s water quality permit for T-15 Pipeline

By Molly Moore | June 5, 2025 | 0

NC regulators will hold two public hearings in June to gather feedback on Enbridge’s 401 water quality permit application on its proposed T-15 Pipeline project. 

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Public informational meeting on June 2 to discuss proposed methane gas project in Davidson County

By Dan Radmacher | May 16, 2025 | 0
Stop the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project

Anyone who wants to learn more is invited to attend a public informational meeting on June 2 to learn more about the project and its potential impacts, ask questions, learn how to help protect the community and connect with other community members and advocates.

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