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Appalachia

Can Appalachia Be Saved? Or Will ‘Worse and Worse’ Flooding Wash it Away?

Kentucky’s historic floods, amid rising extreme weather in the U.S., have fueled fears in one of America’s most vulnerable regions. Poverty, dispersed housing in remote valleys and strip-mined mountains that accelerate floods make climate adaptation an extreme challenge.

By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and James Bruggers

A home in Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia, sits empty after being lifted from its foundation by a recent flood. Credit: Chris Kenning, USA Today.
Long time coal miner Billy Griffith pauses while working at a coal prep plant on May 19, 2017 outside the city of Welch, West Virginia. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As the US Pursues Clean Energy and the Climate Goals of the Paris Agreement, Communities Dependent on the Fossil Fuel Economy Look for a Just Transition

By Judy Fahys

EPA Raises the Bar for Mountaintop Mining

By Guest Writer

In Rare Move, EPA Proposes Blocking Massive Mountaintop Mine

By SolveClimate Staff

Appalachia Coal Report Adds Fuel to Kennedy-Blankenship Smackdown

By SolveClimate Staff

EPA Requesting Closer Review of 79 Mountaintop Mining Permits

By Stacy Morford

Reforestation Taking Root in Projects Around the World

By Leslie Berliant

Appalachia Says 'Not Good Enough' to Obama Mountaintop Mining Plan

By Stacy Morford

God's take on Mountaintop Mining

Religion's View from Appalachia: Only God Should Move Mountains

By Stacy Morford

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