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 […]
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Appalachia’s people of color have borne greater social and economic burdens, on average, than their White counterparts, but their stories are often left out of policy discussions about energy and other issues in the region. A new coalition is now seeking to amplify those voices. The Black Appalachian Coalition is an initiative of […]
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This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org. When Jeff Mills moved to Doddridge County with his wife nearly 50 years ago, he wanted enough land to hunt and fish. Now retired from decades with the West Virginia forestry division, […]
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President Biden’s climate plan attempts to set America on a clear path towards carbon neutrality and updating our infrastructure to take into account the energy transition that needs to take place in our country to avoid further perpetuating the climate crisis. As he heads overseas to a climate conference in […]
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This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org. This story was co-published with Southerly, a nonprofit journalism organization that covers the intersection of ecology, justice, and culture in the American South. It started with the noise, the round-the-clock roar of a […]
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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, […]
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