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Opponents of FCI/FPC Letcher distribute yard signs at an event hosted by Concerned Letcher Countians in March 2024. Photo by Willie Dodson

Indigenous Organization Acquires Land on Proposed Federal Prison Site in Kentucky

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

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

The panels these students helped install at Tri-County Career Center will save the center $16,000 annually for 25 years. Photo courtesy of Tri-County Career Center

Nonprofits and Local Governments Go Solar

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Support For Mine Problems in Jeopardy; Groups Challenge South Fork Coal

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AmeriCorps Continues, but Its Future Is Uncertain

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EPA Plans to Roll Back Air and Water Protections

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Law Slashes Renewable Energy, Offers Benefits to Coal and Gas

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

Gas Buildout Continues Across Southeast

Attendees outside the first open house that TVA held in Cheatham County in June 2023. Nearly 400 people showed up. Photo by Angie Mummaw

TVA Pursues Multiple Methane Gas Power Plants and Pipelines

Tanks from Institute’s Dow Chemical plant peek through the trees behind West Virginia State University’s campus. Photo by Joe Severino

Citizen Air Monitoring Network Grows Stronger in West Virginia’s ‘Chemical Valley’