Appalachian Voices - Stories Contributed
Diminishing environmental reviews would endanger public health, safety and the environment
Outdoors | Apr 24 2025 12:432
SCC considers whether to accept Dominion’s long-term plan
Outdoors | Apr 21 2025 14:228
Clean energy tax credits: Why are they important for Appalachia? 
Outdoors | Apr 18 2025 10:494
MVP developer submits Joint Permit Application for Southgate pipeline
Outdoors | Apr 17 2025 16:495
Appalachian Voices releases new report on how new clean energy tax credits have benefited Appalachia
Outdoors | Apr 17 2025 13:573
North Carolina Utilities Commission holds public hearing to review Duke Energy’s plans for second new gas plant in northern Person County
Outdoors | Apr 17 2025 12:257
Assault on coal miners continues as MSHA halts enforcement of life-saving silica dust safeguard
Outdoors | Apr 16 2025 14:177
Hear the Pound, Virginia, BAD Buildings final report
Outdoors | Apr 16 2025 11:337
American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution
Outdoors | Apr 16 2025 11:016
Southwest Virginia’s Solar Summit for Rural Appalachia
Outdoors | Apr 15 2025 21:255
Inaugural Southwest Virginia Solar Summit
Outdoors | Apr 15 2025 09:224
Putting faces to the floodwaters: The need for disaster preparedness in one rural community
Outdoors | Apr 11 2025 16:437
Presidential orders to prop up coal companies would increase pollution, damage public lands and raise power bills 
Outdoors | Apr 09 2025 15:188
How a skate park became a long-term disaster relief hub
Outdoors | Apr 09 2025 09:228
Coal company owned by U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, behind on clean-up deadlines and fines, faces contempt hearing on April 9
Outdoors | Apr 04 2025 14:175
Trump administration cutting vital health and safety services for miners
Outdoors | Apr 03 2025 16:016
Community improvement projects proceed in Pound as funding remains uncertain
Outdoors | Apr 03 2025 15:013
Grazing in the sun: Enterprising farmers pair agriculture with solar power
Outdoors | Apr 02 2025 10:496
Bankrupt coal company cited for releasing ‘sludge’ into West Virginia’s Gauley River watershed
Outdoors | Apr 01 2025 10:018
EPA announces rollback of decades’ worth of regulations
Outdoors | Mar 28 2025 13:438
Pound Buildings Report
Outdoors | Mar 26 2025 20:439
Advocates call on Congress to make sure coal companies don’t skip out on black lung responsibilities
Outdoors | Mar 20 2025 15:573
D.C. Circuit hears arguments on FERC’s MVP Southgate pipeline approval 
Outdoors | Mar 20 2025 15:015
Advocates blast congressional attempts to harm miners and taxpayers with repeal of “Self-Insurance” rule
Outdoors | Mar 20 2025 14:225
Black Lung Awareness Day at the West Virginia Capitol
Outdoors | Mar 17 2025 14:093
Virginia’s 2025 General Assembly session wraps up
Outdoors | Mar 17 2025 09:015
Honoring Rep. Grijalva
Outdoors | Mar 14 2025 12:255
Green jobs, healthy communities: A conversation with SEEED’s Stan Johnson and JD Jackson 
Outdoors | Mar 14 2025 09:415
Overwhelming opposition to MVP Southgate submitted to federal agency
Outdoors | Mar 13 2025 14:229
Residents fight for Kentucky water
Outdoors | Mar 11 2025 14:0911
In a win for customers, Virginia State Corporation Commission rejects utility proposals and sets higher energy efficiency standards
Outdoors | Mar 10 2025 16:2215
Community Strong project development meetings coming to Dante, Dungannon, Pennington Gap, Pound and Clinchco
Outdoors | Mar 04 2025 14:433
TVA doesn’t make public participation easy, but showing up is making a difference
Outdoors | Feb 28 2025 14:056
D.C. Circuit hears arguments on FERC’s MVP Southgate pipeline approval 
Outdoors | Feb 20 2025 11:413
Environmental groups sue to challenge mountaintop removal mine on Coal River Mountain
Outdoors | Feb 19 2025 13:436
STATEMENT: Coal company’s bankruptcy filing reflects growing pressure to end reckless mining in West Virginia
Outdoors | Feb 18 2025 10:2513
Federal regulators shut down illegal WV coal haul road — Interior quietly reopens it at company’s request
Outdoors | Feb 17 2025 17:2214
DEP expected to allow Florida-based coal company to walk away from water pollution at Marmet
Outdoors | Feb 17 2025 16:2214
Abandoned Mine Land cleanup disrupted by federal funding freeze
Outdoors | Feb 11 2025 16:4317
Public informational meeting on Feb. 20 to discuss proposed methane gas pipelines
Outdoors | Feb 10 2025 12:0110
Endangered species listing could help save Eastern hellbenders in Appalachian streams
Outdoors | Feb 06 2025 10:016
Community-based indigenous organization acquires property on proposed federal prison site as part of grassroots effort to create a different future for Eastern Kentucky
Outdoors | Feb 04 2025 16:338
Thousands urge EPA to regulate coal dust from trains polluting communities and waterways
Outdoors | Feb 04 2025 13:414
Community invited to solar power ribbon-cutting and community event at Four Seasons YMCA in Tazewell
Outdoors | Feb 04 2025 12:494
Clintwood JOD cited for black water spill upstream of Fishtrap Lake in Pike County, Kentucky
Outdoors | Feb 04 2025 08:4910
Violation-riddled MVP developer submits request to alter Southgate pipeline
Outdoors | Feb 03 2025 18:015
Statement on utilities’ request to roll back coal ash and greenhouse gas protections
Outdoors | Jan 31 2025 15:4910
Pedestrian bridge to open soon for McAfee Knob trail crossing
Outdoors | Jan 30 2025 19:4311
Animal shelter finds the purr-fect solution to cutting costs
Outdoors | Jan 24 2025 15:3316
The importance of sustained investment in our Appalachian communities
Outdoors | Jan 23 2025 18:257
Statement on FERC’s decision to issue an Environmental Analysis for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project
Outdoors | Jan 22 2025 16:5717
Helene’s lingering toll on Appalachian businesses
Outdoors | Jan 22 2025 13:258
How the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans will harm Appalachian communities: Part 2
Outdoors | Jan 22 2025 11:576
Statement by Appalachian Voices on impact of Trump energy executive orders on rural Appalachia
Outdoors | Jan 21 2025 15:2213
Trump expected to rescind programs established to support struggling coal and power plant communities
Outdoors | Jan 20 2025 11:4313
Appalachian Voices welcomes Andie Waugh as the Stewards Energy Communities VISTA
Outdoors | Jan 15 2025 10:339
Federal regulators issue notice to DEP for failing to enforce environmental protections at Greenbrier County coal mines
Outdoors | Jan 14 2025 09:438
Community efforts to repair private roads and bridges underway in NC, hopeful for FEMA funding
Outdoors | Jan 10 2025 14:3314
West Virginia DEP Suspends Bluestone Coal’s Mining Permit for Poca Surface Mine
Outdoors | Jan 10 2025 09:4312
Make your home energy efficient to save money by lowering your power bills!
Outdoors | Jan 08 2025 12:2218
New map hints at scale of black lung crisis
Outdoors | Jan 07 2025 09:5722
New Solar Installation Unveiled at Buckhorn Children and Family Services Center in Kentucky
Outdoors | Jan 06 2025 12:0515
Proposed Arch-Consol merger must secure black lung benefits for miners
Outdoors | Dec 28 2024 11:0710
How the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans will harm Appalachian communities: Part 2
Outdoors | Dec 26 2024 09:4920
Federal regulators poised to shut down coal mine owned by Jim Justice’s family
Outdoors | Dec 23 2024 17:4918
Appalachian Voices celebrates Congress passing year-end victories for Appalachian communities 
Outdoors | Dec 21 2024 00:4711
Top mine regulator can and must halt illegal coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest
Outdoors | Dec 20 2024 15:3110
REPORTER MEMO: Southeast Supply Enhancement Project
Outdoors | Dec 20 2024 13:4919
Appalachian Voices statement on Trump and Musk attempt to scuttle much-needed disaster funding
Outdoors | Dec 18 2024 18:5533
In “Valley so Low,” an environmental mishap leads to disaster – and restitution proves elusive
Outdoors | Dec 18 2024 16:1510
How the Department of Government Efficiency’s plans will harm Appalachian communities: Part 1
Outdoors | Dec 18 2024 11:3915
For 16th Anniversary of Kingston Coal Ash Spill, Communities Honor Cleanup Workers
Outdoors | Dec 17 2024 16:156
Conservation group challenges air permit for TVA’s proposed methane gas plant at Kingston site
Outdoors | Dec 17 2024 15:1510
Environmental groups sue South Fork Coal over damages near Cranberry Wilderness
Outdoors | Dec 16 2024 16:0311
Pittsylvania County, Va., is at the center of an overbuilding of fossil fuel infrastructure
Outdoors | Dec 16 2024 11:4914
Conservation groups ask nation’s top coal mine regulator to shut down illegal coal haul road in Monongahela National Forest
Outdoors | Dec 12 2024 13:3916
Advocates Respond to New Rule Cracking Down on Coal Industry’s Abandonment of Black Lung Liabilities
Outdoors | Dec 11 2024 16:157
Advocates weigh in on Tennessee Valley Authority’s long-term planning process as comment period closes
Outdoors | Dec 11 2024 14:479
Appalachian Voices celebrates House passage of Water and Economic Development package; Urges Senate passage
Outdoors | Dec 10 2024 14:289
Tennessee’s zombie mine crisis: A growing threat
Outdoors | Dec 06 2024 14:0728
Controversial Eastern Kentucky Prison Project Resurfaces
Outdoors | Dec 03 2024 21:1421
Connecting the future to the past through five special places
Outdoors | Dec 03 2024 16:1113
Pound riverwalk public workshop and input session to be held
Outdoors | Nov 25 2024 13:468
Group to host a discussion about the community’s vision for the local economy on Dec. 9 at the Person County Senior Center
Outdoors | Nov 25 2024 10:488
A letter from our executive director
Outdoors | Nov 21 2024 16:0616
Judge rules that Virginia regulators didn’t have authority to end state participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Outdoors | Nov 20 2024 14:3012
Slow-walking the shift to clean energy in North Carolina
Outdoors | Nov 20 2024 08:4815
Statement from Appalachian Voices on Biden Administration request for $98 billion in disaster funding
Outdoors | Nov 18 2024 17:2724
Signs of trouble for critical mine cleanup fund in Virginia
Outdoors | Nov 16 2024 11:2213
Virginia Residents Score Big Win in Landfill Fight
Outdoors | Nov 15 2024 14:4810
WTF is an IRP and what does it mean for the 10 million customers of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
Outdoors | Nov 14 2024 10:0232
Revitalizing Pennington Gap: Clean energy and economic investment in Southwest Virginia
Outdoors | Nov 13 2024 15:308
Advocates, community members call on NC regulators to reject the air permit application for the Hyco Lake gas plants
Outdoors | Nov 13 2024 11:5410
Chesterfield residents turn government inaction into community action
Outdoors | Nov 12 2024 16:4812
Russell County Solar Open House invitation to community members
Outdoors | Nov 12 2024 15:068
Lexington Coal held in contempt for third time for continuing to violate federal court order to stop polluting West Virginia streams
Outdoors | Nov 07 2024 16:029
Lawsuit challenges TVA plan to build methane gas plant at site of massive Kingston industrial spill
Outdoors | Nov 07 2024 07:4815
Hurricane Helene Hammers Northeast Tennessee
Outdoors | Nov 01 2024 20:5457
Farmer and Climate Activist Completes 2,000-mile Paddle
Outdoors | Nov 01 2024 17:2215
Community groups ask judge to halt mining and hold A&G Coal in contempt for violating court-ordered mine clean-up deadlines
Outdoors | Oct 31 2024 16:2713
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