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Environment
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The land is more than the ground that we walk on. It shapes our sense of who we are as a people, gives us a place to exist in and, often, a purpose. In Appalachia, it literally defines us. Here, we investigate and examine the exploitation of the region’s land while also exploring the relationship communities – from native to current dwellers – have with it.
Steel-Making Coal Upturn Brings New Mine, Old Problems to WV Community
This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.…
‘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…
Meet the Virginia Conservationist Trying to Turn Old Coalfields Into Solar Farms
Brad Kreps directs the Nature Conservancy’s Clinch Valley Program, which is working to make the vision of developing…
Photos: Alabama Union Miners Enter Fourth Month of Strike, Thousands Rally for Wages and Benefits
Some 2,000 coal miners and allies attended a rally in Brookwood, Alabama, Wednesday in support of local United…
Five Months Later, Eastern Kentuckians are Still Coping with Fallout of Spring Flooding
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Early on a rainy March morning in Jackson, Kentucky,…
The Straining of North Carolina’s Chattooga River and the Indigenous Artform that Could Save It
I climb a boulder that juts out into rapids. The rushing water is so loud it drowns out…