For years, residents across Appalachia have raised concerns about the air they breathe near coal mines, haul roads, landfills ...

The Southwest Virginia Transparency Alliance and Protect Our Water Heritage and Rights will host a March for a Moratorium ...

The House of Art in Bluefield, West Virginia, looks like a haunted tower, making it the perfect location for its sixth annual ...

After losing its rural pride celebration, hundreds of people attended the second annual Affirming Sumner Pride celebration on ...

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We all deserve clean water and a say in what happens in our own backyards. But some Senate leaders have proposed a bill that would weaken three fundamental environmental laws: the Clean Water Act, the ...

Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas are planning a massive buildout of dirty energy infrastructure in Davie and Davidson counties on the Yadkin River to ultimately power data centers. The companies ...

The park is the focal point of our community-driven planning process, from the design of the stage to the planned uses of the new space. The Trump-Vance administration is pressing the gas pedal on ...

The 2026 General Assembly ended on March 14 with some big wins for affordable clean energy in Virginia. Our priorities for the legislative session included: Defending the progress we’ve made on clean, ...

There are millions and millions of tons of coal ash sitting in unlined ponds and pits right next to our waterways. And right now, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of ...

The boom in massive data centers that consume large amounts of energy is bringing new challenges to our region. Northern Virginia currently has the highest concentration of these facilities in the ...