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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

A Cloud of Coal Mine Dust over a West Virginia Community Points to Regulatory Shortcomings

Revelation Surface Mine

Blackjewel’s Catastrophic Bankruptcy and the Collapse of the Mine Cleanup System

A green salamander peeks its head outside its rocky winter retreat.

Surviving Winter as a Salamander in Appalachia

a man in a red jacket climbs a blue-tinged column of ice under a cloudy sky

Dreamers: Ice climbing in the Southeast

smoke and steam rise from a power plant

Biden Administration Proposes Restoration of Mercury Pollution Rules

woman with light blonde hair and glasses holds a quilt square with cutout images of miners, a canary, mining boots, coal and a Bible

Black Lung Advocate Judith Riffe is Making Change (and Quilts) in West Virginia