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Commentary: New Uses For Former Mine Lands Stop at Economic Potential, But Appalachian Species Are Thriving on Rehabilitated Sites
“Hey! We’ve got something!” There’s excitement in the college student’s voice as they call me to an overturned…
House Dems Looking to Restore Obama-era Policies on Public Land Oil & Gas Leases
The Democratically controlled House of Representatives is continuing its push to essentially reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of…
As Appalachia Ponders Plastics Growth, Report Warns Of Threat to Climate
This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. As a new plastics industry emerges in the…
Rallies, Legal Action, Grassroots Movements – A Year of Debate Over Proposed W.Va. Plant
This summer will mark one year since thousands of residents in Jefferson County, West Virginia, started a movement…
‘Razorblades & Feathers in My Throat’: A Fire at a Pittsburgh Steel Plant Made a Major Polluter Even Worse
The complaint came in on an answering service for the Allegheny County Health Department’s air quality hotline on…