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Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists - Inside Climate News MVP’s Southgate Extension and Williams Companies’ Southeast Supply Enhancement Project are proposed in close proximity within a single North Carolina county.

Methane gas pipeline proposals keep popping up across #Virginia & #NorthCarolina, w/ signs more may be coming. Local groups worry regulators aren’t considering the cumulative impacts of so many gas projects packed together. Read more from Inside Climate News.
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A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice owes over $29 million to a Tennessee company for his family's coal companies' failure to meet collateral and payment obligations for reclaiming his mines.

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Kentucky wetlands, streams, and drinking water at risk under proposed changes to Clean Water Act The EPA is moving to narrow the definitions of protected waterways under the Clean Water Act, opening many waterways to pollution and destruction.

Kentucky wetlands, streams, and drinking water at risk under proposed changes to Clean Water Act. From @derekparham.bsky.social at WKU: #kyga26

My wife is a nurse practitioner with a doctorate who has dedicated herself with great sacrifice for decades helping the sick, including volunteering for the underprivileged, and sharing her experience by teaching at UK. This decision is a travesty for a country sorely in need of nurses like her.

Tablertown reclaims its name: How the Voinovich School is partnering to invigorate abandoned mining land in Southeast Ohio In a small Appalachian community whose first settlers arrived in 1830, a place transformed by mining in the decades that followed, David Butcher is leading an ambitious effort to reclaim both history ...

"In a small Appalachian community whose first settlers arrived in 1830, a place transformed by mining in the decades that followed, David Butcher is leading an ambitious effort to reclaim both history and hope."

www.ohio.edu/news/2025/11...

#Appalachia

RenewAll Lights the Way for Community Revitalization In the heart of West Huntington, WV, a spark of innovation is fueling a brighter future.

Smart investments, stronger communities! 🌞 With $33,350 in support from the Appalachian Solar Finance Fund, RenewAll installed a 25.7-KW solar array, cutting costs and freeing up resources to support local businesses and revitalization efforts. https://loom.ly/sNBbNPA

Virginia’s Coal Community Development Platform A policy platform built by and for Virginia’s coalfield communities, with local priorities shaping economic transition rooted in real community needs.

Appalachian Voices is proud to present a bold new set of policy recommendations for Virginia's legislators and decision makers, with policy suggestions by and for the people who call Southwest Virginia home.

https://appvoices.org/new-economy/va-coal-community-platform/

Kentucky coal production fell 14% in 2024, mines now under 100 Kentucky’s coal production plummeted in 2024, and the number of mines in the state dropped below 100.

Kentucky produced 24.3 million tons of coal last year, down 14% from 2023. Kentucky ranked first among states in coal production for much of the 1970s and 1980s, but is now ranked seventh. From @tatecurtis.bsky.social at @weku.bsky.social

In eastern Kentucky, locals try to reverse decline by revitalizing community spaces Eastern Kentucky is full of isolated, rural towns that have experienced decline alongside the coal industry. But some who want to stick around are trying to reverse that by revitalizing the region’s d...

Eastern Kentucky is full of isolated, rural towns that have experienced decline alongside the coal industry. But some who want to stick around are trying to reverse that by revitalizing the region’s downtown spaces. From @weku.bsky.social

Chuck Corra from Appodlachia joined us to talk about a distrubing new movement in Appalachia: Silicon Valley bros are building crypto-based Christian Nationalist towns in Tennessee… with their own “charters” and zero oversight.

This is the new far-right project. www.bytheballot.com/p/the-regres...

How federal funding limbo is affecting Appalachia Health insurance costs and energy assistance federal funding remain up in the air, despite President Donald Trump recently signing a continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of

"They’re seeing that delay in the LIHEAP benefits because of the shutdown, as well as the Trump administration did fire most of the folks who work in the LIHEAP office at the federal level." - Dana Kuhnline, program director at ReImagine Appalachia

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#AffordableCareAct
#Appalachia

Carbon Credit Markets Help Rural Landowners Hold on to Their Land  | The Daily Yonder Down a winding dirt road and dense forest canopy in Denmark, Maine, a two-story cabin sits on top of a hill, adorned with moose antlers. Bob Libby, who

Learn how growing trees can serve as a source of income in Appalachia! 🌲
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#Appalachia
#CarbonCredits
#Environmentalism
#SustainableEconomy
#GrowItInAppalachia

A Declaration of Our Defiance Appalachian history is steeped in hardship, sacrifice, and tales of men and women coming together to overcome adversity thrust upon them by…

As a student of history, I loathe the notion of anyone's story being erased. One of the first things that fascist do is erase the history of the LGBTQ+ community every chance they get.

Their attempts will always be met with defiance.

Especially in our mountains.

#Appalachia #LGBTQ+ #History

The Despicable Dandy, The Fair Maiden, and The Outlaw Manners, as one might imagine, are an important part of an Appalachian upbringing. You don’t talk back to your momma, you don’t leave the…

Given Trump's treatment of reporters, particular women, I felt that it might be worth while to dust off this old classic about the importance of manners.

You don't talk that way to a lady, Mr. President. That dog don't hunt.

#Appalachia #Manners #PiggyPresident

Join me and SG Goodman for this private event in NYC to benefit the Kentucky Wildlands. www.eventbrite.com/e/kentuckian...

Cherlynn’s conversation with the Pantsuit Politics podcast is now live on their Substack.

It’s a great discussion that starts at the 34:35 minute mark about Mountain Democrats, community, and why she’s running for Congress. #KY06

🎧 Check it out!