Appalachian Voices
@AppVoices
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A leading force in Appalachia’s shift from fossil fuels to clean energy, healthy communities and 21st-century local economies
Boone, NC
Joined August 2009
BIG NEWS: We joined a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration’s EPA for terminating a grant program mandated by Congress. We’re joining this case so that all grantees can move forward on projects to improve Americans’ health and well-being. https://t.co/s3pOAH9al7
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Paddlers will soon return to one of the great whitewater rivers of Western North Carolina for one of the world’s largest extreme kayaking events after #HurricaneHelene. 🛶 🔗 By Tori Newby for The Appalachian Voice! Originally published by @unc_mediahub. https://t.co/tAOVGLcSCj
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Paddlers will soon return to the whitewater river of Western North Carolina for the world’s largest extreme kayaking event. After the destruction of Hurricane Helene sent the renowned Green Race on a...
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Due to an increase in renewable power sources and lower energy prices, #AppalachianPower will reduce electric bills for #Virginia customers. This is welcome news, especially as we head in to winter. https://t.co/YMTbZRisjn
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That’s in contrast to the company’s April filing in West Virginia, which asked regulators to charge customers $5 more a month to pay for fuel expenses.
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Join us & other organizations on Sun., 10/26, in #Raleigh for "Communities Over Corporate Profit: We Won’t Pay for Pipelines & Data Centers!" This community gathering will have speakers, music, art, and special guests: Giant Robot Fight Club. More info: https://t.co/yMwG2UNo3U
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Chat isn’t going anywhere. Mike Krieger (CPO, Anthropic) explains why the chat interface is still the most powerful way to work with AI — and how it’s evolving to feel more like talking to a coworker.”
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#Tennessee, #NorthCarolina and #Virginia residents: Federal tax credits often stack with state or utility rebates, which can lower your costs even further. Find out how by reading the blog!
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🏡 budgets are getting squeezed by 📈 energy costs. 1️⃣ way to manage yr ⚡ bill is to take advantage of fed tax credits that encourage #CleanEnergy investments & energy-saving upgrades. Learn how you can save 💵 in this post from @AppVoices' Jen Lawhorne. https://t.co/VIQvfldxRX
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As we approach the end of 2025, time is running out to take advantage of valuable energy efficiency and clean energy tax credits expanded under the
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Please take a moment to call your House representative through our easy-to-use click-to-call system. Tell your representative to protect mine safety funding and fully implement and enforce the silica rule:
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Coal miners deserve to be safe on the job. Call-in action to fully fund and staff the programs that protect coal miners and their families.
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“I think that’s what we all want to see, is for that rule to finally be put in place and enforced,” said Rev. Brad Davis, a West Virginia-based Methodist minister and rally speaker, referring to the silica rule.
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For the Front Porch Blog, he writes about how miners and advocates gathered to push the Trump administration to stop delaying a rule that would help protect miners from black lung disease by reducing the amount of respirable silica dust that workers are exposed to on the job.
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Appalachian Voices’ Rance Garrison drove a 15-passenger van of retired coal miners, a coal miner’s wife & a coal miner’s widow to the Black Lung Rally in Washington, D.C., organized by the National Black Lung Association and local chapters. https://t.co/Mqrni0T9m5
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Coal miners and advocates rally for long-promised silica protections to stop the rise of black lung across Appalachia.
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🇺🇸In many parts of our region, it's #election season! Check out these graphics for details on elections in your area, and exercise 💪 your right to #vote! Find more info at https://t.co/uuxhoHnKEP or check out the election resources posted by your state, county or town.
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Join the POWHR Coalition, Appalachian Voices & other partners online on Tuesday, October 28, at 6:30 p.m. to learn how you can tell the FERC to deny the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate amendment request! #StopMVPBoost #MVPSouthgate
https://t.co/rfDCxX1eYY
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Join us on Zoom for a Stop MVP Southgate Comment Workshop to learn how you can tell the FERC to deny MVP’s amendment request!
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#MVP pipeline update: The WV Department of Environmental Protection has issued a total of five notices of violation to the Mountain Valley Pipeline since it became operational last year. More from @tatecurtis with @wvpublic! ⬇️ https://t.co/AOAGTzSS3q
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The MVP received three notices of violation from the DEP this year, in addition to the two it received last year after becoming operational in June 2024.
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@NCDEQ “Every animal no matter how big or small, how common or rare, has its place in the world. It’s amazing to still discover species in a place that’s been inhabited for so long, and subjected to numerous stressors over many decades,” says Michael Perkins, biologist at NCWRC.
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@NCDEQ If you want to support the solstice creekmussel and similar species, here are a few tips from NCWRC: ✅ Avoid Relocating Mussels ✅ Support conservation funding ✅ Maintain streamside vegetation ✅ Volunteer for river protection ✅ Proper land management
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New genus and species alert out of North Carolina! 🐚 Biologists at the @NCDEQ discovered Ligodonta obscura, or the solstice creekmussel, in a few miles of North Carolina streams. Its discovery doubles as a conservation alarm. https://t.co/lQSltIABZJ
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“While it was good to hear from the nominees that they oppose privatization, when pressed further, all but Mr. Jones left an opening to sell off assets,” said Chelsea Barnes, Director of Government Affairs and Strategy at Appalachian Voices.
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“We are deeply concerned about the ongoing instability at TVA that has been caused by the current administration,” said Bri Knisley, Director of Public Power Campaigns.
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Our statement on today's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to consider nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors, including Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood, Randy Jones and Arthur Graham. #TVA
https://t.co/NU5BCDYobi
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Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to consider nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors, including Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood, Randy Jones...
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“It’s just an ongoing process,” says Theo Crouse-Mann about the one-year milestone of Hurricane Helene. “A year is like a marker, but it doesn’t really — I don’t even know it means anything in a lot of ways.” https://t.co/CZBzeWwUp1
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On the one-year milestone of Hurricane Helene, communities reflect on the challenges they still face on the long road to recovery. The storm caused significant destruction, but it also exacerbated...
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