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- A renewable energy battery plant will rise in US where a steel mill once stood Mon, 14 Aug 23, 8:00pmCommunities hope good new jobs will come from Biden’s historic climate investment in cities like Weirton, West Virginia
- One man and his drone: ‘My hope is to shut down the coal industry’ Mon, 31 Jul 23, 7:00pmHow a citizen vigilante in West Virginia uses his drone to uncover polluters who would rather stay hidden
- Protesters to march on White House as anger mounts over Appalachia pipeline Thu, 8 Jun 23, 9:00pmActivists to gather in Washington to demand Joe Biden ‘reclaim his climate legacy’ by blocking 300-mile Mountain Valley pipeline
- ‘Stop the dirty deal’: activists decry Schumer and Manchin over pipeline plan Thu, 1 Jun 23, 2:45amClimate protesters call provision in US debt ceiling bill to expedite controversial project in Virginia and West Virginia a ‘betrayal’
- Blackjewel still hasn’t paid many of its coalminers three years on Wed, 21 Sep 22, 8:00pmBlackjewel agreed to cover its coalminers’ back wages, but many of them have yet to receive any funds three years after the company filed for bankruptcy
- ‘It’s a deal with the devil’: outrage in Appalachia over Manchin’s ‘vile’ pipeline plan Fri, 26 Aug 22, 8:00pmThe fossil-fuel friendly senator has resurrected the Mountain Valley pipeline, leaving residents with a bitter pill to swallow
- US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions Fri, 1 Jul 22, 12:38amCourt sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
- US supreme court hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions Fri, 1 Jul 22, 12:38amCourt sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
- Arrowhead Bike Farm celebrates West Virginia biking community Fri, 2 Jul 21, 1:30amWhen visiting Fayetteville, West Virginia, I didn't expect to deliberate over vegan menu options. I figured I'd be lucky to get a bag of peanuts or maybe a KIND bar. But at the Arrowhead Bike Farm, I found vegan...
- Adventuring in New River Gorge, the newest US national park Thu, 17 Jun 21, 1:30amIn the late afternoon, after a physically hard day of building trails, a group of shirtless young guys take turns belaying each other as they scramble up a huge rockface...
- Republicans pledge allegiance to fossil fuels like it’s still the 1950s Mon, 7 Jun 21, 7:00pmRepublican-led states are threatening retaliation against banks that refuse to lend to coal, oil and gas companies in effort to delay transition to clean energy
- The winners and losers of 2021's greenest states report Wed, 21 Apr 21, 3:30amThe personal finance site Wallet Hub has released its greenest states report for 2021, just in time for Earth Day. While the results aren't shocking — with Vermont in the lead and five Southern states lagging...
- 'My friends were lied to': will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear? Thu, 24 Sep 20, 5:00pmThe president vowed to help the industry, but it continues shrinking despite his cuts to regulations
- America's coalminers call for urgent help amid Covid-19 and industry decline Tue, 30 Jun 20, 4:58amThousands of jobs lost as economy shifts to renewable energy‘Our workforce has the skills needed to transform the economy’Coalmining communities have called for immediate action to stem the economic devastation wrought...
- Will a push for plastics turn Appalachia into next ‘Cancer Alley’? Sat, 12 Oct 19, 12:13amCritics say ethane expansion will not only prolong fracking but could also trigger a public health disaster