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Men work with solar components

How a Pipeline Battle Led an Advocate for Formerly Incarcerated People Into Solar Workforce Development

A series of photographs of various bear, deer and elk roaming in the wild.

Safe Passage: The I-40 Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project

A project manager in a neon vest and construction hat kneels atop the roof of the St. Paul school..

Solar Panels on Southwest Virginia Schools Signal a Diversifying Economy

Cultivating an Inclusive Future in the Outdoors

A gray and green fish carries a stone in its moth, surrounded by smaller red fish

Chubs: A key species and a mystery

Final Stage of Blue Grass Chemical Weapons Cleanup Underway

Under TVA's plan, smokestacks at the Cumberland Fossil Plant would continue to spew pollution into the air. Photo by Angie Mummaw

The Tennessee Valley Faces Crossroads Between Methane Gas or Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Orange water in a shallow stream

Seeking to Expand the Impact of Massive Federal Investment in Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines

Virginia Governor Aims to Remove State from Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Groups Unsatisfied with Duke Energy’s NC Carbon Plan

North Carolina Issues General Biogas Permit

Floods Devastate Communities Throughout Central Appalachia

The Albright Dam is the last dam in West Virginia on the Cheat River, and environmental groups say it has long been an impediment to fish migration. Photo by Joey Kimmet/Friends of the Cheat.

Albright Dam Removal Part of National River Cleanup Effort

Full trash trout sits in stream

Trash Trouts are Collecting Litter and Data on Waterway Pollution

The University of North Georgia Appalachian Studies Center’s signature project, the Saving Appalachian Gardens and Stories, is a demonstration garden for heirloom seeds and an oral history collection. Photo courtesy Rosann Kent.

Cultivating Communities Through Seed Saving

Wild dandelions with bright yellow disk-like petals. Photo courtesy of Ila Hatter.

Lions and Trails and Foragers, Oh My!

Researchers Discuss How Climate Change Impacts Health in Rural Mountain Communities

Nancy Bouldin, Lynda Majors, and Donna Pitt have fought the Mountain Valley Pipeline since 2014, uniting in a coalition that spans multiple states.

A Community of Resistance

Hundreds of Miles of Streams Designated as Critical Habitat for At-risk Crawfish

two people in front of a large guitar statue hold signs about the landfill problems

The Beast of Bristol: The Landfill Haunting Residents of the Twin Cities