The Democratically controlled House of Representatives is continuing its push to essentially reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental regulations, this time focusing on a policy that has largely impacted rural and native populations in the U.S. The House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held its third hearing last […]
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Will Superfood Pancakes Solve the Opioid Crisis?
Last week, Axios announced the latest in a series of D.C. conversations that have become somewhat of a staple in the Capital. This week, they hosted what was billed as a conversation on the nation’s “biggest health care issues and how to tackle them,” pointing specifically to the opioid epidemic […]
Read MoreWhere is Rural in the Green New Deal?
Among the packed agenda of the 2019 Democrat-held House, one particular project went from barely noticed to hotly debated almost overnight: The Green New Deal (GND). The deal is an ambitious social, economic and industrial reform program being proposed as a potential catch-all solution to current climate change regulations and […]
Read MoreAppalachians Share Solutions for Coal Transition with Congress
Democrats in the U.S. House are continuing their focus on climate change, this week shifting from its environmental to its economic impact and looking to Appalachia for next steps to aid communities with fossil fuel-based economies. On Thursday, members of the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee heard testimony on how […]
Read MoreClimate Change Discussions Back on the Hill Agenda as Democrats Begin Committee Work
At the first Congressional committee hearing in ten years to have the words climate change in the title, a Democrat and a Republican, perhaps surprisingly, stood side by side on the issue. “We can’t afford not to take urgent action,” North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper told members of the […]
Read MoreFederal Shutdown Leaves Appalachians Wondering about Impacts on Agriculture, Environment
Update Jan. 25, 2019, 2:59 p.m.: After 35 days of the partial government shutdown, President Trump announced from the Rose Garden at the White House that he will sign a legislation reopening the government until February 15. President stressed that he is still committed to obtaining the funding for the wall on the southern border […]
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