Scientists are predicting extreme weather events linked to climate change will become more common, but states and the federal government have overlooked immigrant farmworkers not only in planning for severe storms, but also for changes such as rising temperatures. Not including immigrant farmworkers could negatively impact the agricultural economy of […]
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During the course of reporting for this project, 100 Days in Appalachia spoke with a number of local, state and national nonprofit and community organizations and climate change experts; some of them had suggestions for changes that would make immigrant farmworkers less vulnerable during and after natural disasters and other […]
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Where tobacco was once king, some farmers support an effort to raise the age for legal tobacco use from 18 to 21. Others worry the change could soften demand for the product and affect farmers, who are far fewer since the end of the federal tobacco program. Burley tobacco once […]
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Today, most of our trash ends up in landfills. In the United States, we produce more than 200 million tons of trash every single year. But what if we could turn some of that trash into fuel? Well, it turns out a large portion of the residents in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle […]
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This is part one in a 5-part series originally published by The Allegheny Front titled, “Who’s listening?” examining claims made by Ohio residents, and how state regulators have responded, supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Sears-Swetland Family Foundation. A decade ago, people in Ohio hadn’t heard much about […]
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A week after the West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the property rights of landowners battling one natural gas giant, the same court tossed out a challenge filed by another group of landowners against a different natural gas company. In the latest case, decided Monday, the court upheld a lower court ruling […]
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