Swiftly and violently did the rivers, creeks and streams swell. As the raging water rose in the middle of a night, bursts of lightning illuminated the flood just enough that one could see the angry deluge creep ever closer to homes, to churches, to businesses. For many, it swept away […]
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In Virginia’s Internet Corridor, Climate Targets and Data Center Growth Collide
Prince William County sustainability officials are crafting a plan to put the county on track to achieve regional climate commitments, but plans to welcome more data centers threaten to put the goals farther from reach. This is the first in a two-part series, read the second installment here. No doubt […]
Read MoreOpinion: My Time in the Appalachian Climate Corps Changed My Thoughts on Stewardship, the Region
I was slashing multiflora roses with a machete in a Cumberland Gap downpour when I felt some ancient animal instinct take over. Completely soaked through my clothes, I locked eyes with a friend and together we let out a primal scream. My experience serving in the youth climate corps American […]
Read More‘It Just Roared’: N.C. Flooding Another Sign of Climate Change in Appalachia
The force of it still resonates. So much water, so fast, and with it, homes thrust off their foundations, campers and trucks swept miles away, boats now grounded a ways from any shore. In just moments, it was over; in its wake, six dead, more than $300 million of destruction, […]
Read MoreOhio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change
This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. When newly elected President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” The goal of […]
Read MoreSave The Forest, Get Paid: This Appalachian Farming Initiative Shows People How
Ginseng, goldenseal, cohosh, bloodroot, ramps – all plants native to Appalachia and all appreciated around the world for their medicinal and culinary properties. In West Virginia and other parts of Appalachia, these plants have been harvested in the wild for generations. But over-harvesting of these slow-growing plants could diminish wild […]
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