The gold mining industry is eyeing central Virginia for a major expansion that could bring one of the most toxic industries to our state. Buckingham County is potentially ground zero. [ Read More ]
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Cat McCue
Although not native to the region, Cat feels deeply connected to the mountains, rivers, backroads and small towns of Appalachia she has come to know over the years. She is Appalachian Voices' Senior Communications and Public Engagement Strategist.Virginians face threat from toxic gold mining
Saturday, January 9th, 2021 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Mountain Valley Pipeline is not a done deal
Thursday, October 1st, 2020 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Two years behind schedule, $2 billion over budget, only half-built, facing financial headwinds and some investor skepticism, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is anything but a done deal or a sure bet. [ Read More ]
Reforming Virginia’s energy system continues
Monday, February 3rd, 2020 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Virginia lawmakers took a critical step this session in keeping a proposal to end monopoly electric utilities under consideration for 2021. [ Read More ]
Beginning of the end of N.C.’s coal ash crisis
Friday, January 24th, 2020 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
North Carolinians have won a major victory with the announcement that Duke Energy would remove coal ash from its remaining sites. Appalachian Voices is proud to have worked side-by-side with the people who fought so hard, for so long to defend their communities. [ Read More ]
Local governments call for abandoned mine cleanup
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Local governments in Southwest Virginia and Pennsylvania are passing resolutions supporting cleanup of abandoned coal mines. A bill that would extend federal funding passed the House Natural Resources Committee last week. [ Read More ]
19 old coal sites identified for innovative development projects
Thursday, October 31st, 2019 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Appalachian communities are exploring ways to attract new businesses, pull families out of poverty and strengthen skilled workforces. A primary focus is to redevelop old, unused coal sites. [ Read More ]
Virginians For Justice: Progress Not Pipelines!
Friday, May 24th, 2019 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Several hundred people from across Virginia turned out for a weekend of solidarity for environmental justice and climate action and to call for a halt to expanding fracked-gas infrastructure anywhere in the state. [ Read More ]
RECLAIM Act back in Congress
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
The bill to expedite spending of $1 billion in coal-impacted communities to repurpose old mine sites for new economic projects has been reintroduced into Congress with bipartisan support. [ Read More ]
Banning fracking worldwide
Friday, April 5th, 2019 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
An international tribunal on human rights, fracking and climate change is calling for a worldwide ban on fracking. The community of Union Hill, Va., helped play a role in this historic occasion. [ Read More ]
Buckingham rises up with visit from Rev. Barber, Al Gore
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Civil rights and climate activists Rev. William Barber and former Vice President Al Gore drew more than 1,000 people to a town hall meeting in Buckingham, Va., to highlight the environmental racism of the proposed frack-gas compressor station in the African-American community of Union Hill. [ Read More ]
100 sign letter to Va. air board to reject frack-gas facility in African-American community
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Environmental justice advocates Karenna Gore, Mustafa Santiago Ali, Don Cheadle and Ed Begley, Jr. were among the 100 people who signed a letter to Va. regulators urging a denial of huge compressor station in the largely African-American community of Union Hill. [ Read More ]
History, health at stake in Buckingham County
Monday, June 4th, 2018 | Posted by Cat McCue | 1 Comment
The omissions and errors in the permitting process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline regarding an African-American community in central Virginia amounts to racism. A state panel on environmental justice calls for a new process. [ Read More ]
