The Advocate — Issue #116

April 24, 2019

Major victory on coal ash cleanup in N.C.!

After years of diligence by impacted citizens and communities, along with Appalachian Voices and other partners, state regulators have ordered Duke Energy to fully excavate its six remaining coal ash ponds.

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Save the date for “Progress Over Pipelines”

Join us May 17 and 18 as Virginians from across the state unite for a historical march in Richmond with the Rev. William Barber II and a rally in Leesburg to demand an end to the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines.

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A quest to protect at-risk bats

In 2013, researchers found the cave where North Carolina’s only known colony of endangered Virginia big-eared bats roost. What followed was a collaborative effort between the scientists, a land conservancy, government agencies and others to save the land from being turned into a housing development.

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RECLAIM Act back in Congress

The proposal to expedite spending of $1 billion in coal-impacted communities to clean up old mining sites and repurposed them for economic development has been re-introduced in Congress, with strong hopes of passage this time.

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Appalachians tell of harm from coal mining

Residents of coal-impacted communities went to Washington, D.C., to share their stories of how pollution from strip mining have affected their health and lives, and to support a moratorium on destructive mountaintop removal.

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A special request:
This month, we ask that you to support The Highlander Center, a social, economic and environmental justice organization whose main office recently burned to the ground in an arson attack perpetrated by white nationalists. Please support their efforts to rebuild.

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