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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’

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

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

Mill Creek Community Church in Chatham displays on its lawn a banner opposing Balico's proposal. Photo by Jessica Sims

Rural Virginia Community Defeats Massive Gas Plant and Data Center Proposal 

A photo of the Green Cove Station historical sign beside the Virginia Creeper Trail, with trees covered in orange autumn leaves in the background.

On the Road to Recovery: Rebuilding the Virginia Creeper Trail

Larry Gibson and others at a protest of the Massey coal prep plant adjacent to Marsh Fork Elementary School in Sundial, West Virginia, during summer 2005. Photo by Allen Johnson.

Research On Larry Gibson Dedicated To The West Virginia & Regional History Center

An aerial view of the solar arrays on the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Photo by Noah Alderman for Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech’s Solar Projects Power Campus Toward Carbon Neutrality Goal

Sunset framing restaurant sign that reads "Julie's Place."

Economic First Responders: CDFIs, The Unsung Heroes of Appalachian Financial Services