What Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, had to say at three open houses on their proposed Southgate extension into North Carolina, plus a quick look at the latest developments on the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. [ Read More ]
MVP Southgate open houses held for three counties
Thursday, July 19th, 2018 | Posted by Kevin Ridder | 1 Comment
How can TVA claim to support energy efficiency and renewables even as they implement policies that discourage them?
Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 | Posted by Nina Levison | No Comments
TVA is using its already-obsolete 2020 Integrated Resource Plan as an opportunity to cut funding for energy-saving technologies that it claims are driving down revenue. [ Read More ]
Empowering citizens at the Water Justice Summit
Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 | Posted by Lara Mack | 2 Comments
The recent Water Justice Summit in Blacksburg, Va., brought together citizens from Central Appalachia whose water is imperiled by coal mining, fracked gas pipelines and other industrial threats to strategize, learn skills and build affinity. [ Read More ]
Blue Ridge Energy: An uncooperative cooperative?
Friday, July 6th, 2018 | Posted by Rory McIlmoil | 2 Comments
As a resident of the North Carolina High Country and a member of Blue Ridge Energy, Appalachian Voices' Rory McIlmoil believes the co-op can and must do better by its members. [ Read More ]
Home Energy Makeover Contest winner announced
Thursday, July 5th, 2018 | Posted by Katie Kienbaum | 1 Comment
When Amy found her small cabin, it felt like home instantly. There was just one problem — in the winter it was bitterly cold despite all of her expensive efforts to heat it. [ Read More ]
Virginians urge regulators to reject “blanket” federal permit for pipelines
Thursday, June 28th, 2018 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | No Comments
The State Water Control Board received more than 13,000 public comments concerning a "blanket" federal permit granted to the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. [ Read More ]
Court suspends Mountain Valley Pipeline construction in W.Va.
Thursday, June 28th, 2018 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | 1 Comment
In a landmark victory on June 21, the Virginia Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay for a permit the Mountain Valley Pipeline needs to build across West Virginia waterways. [ Read More ]
Energy Savings team block party
Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | No Comments
Last Saturday the Energy Savings team met with community members in West Jefferson to discuss clean energy and gather comments for the upcoming Blue Ridge Energy annual membership meeting. [ Read More ]
Abandoned coal relics cleaned up with settlement funds
Friday, June 22nd, 2018 | Posted by Matt Hepler | No Comments
The sites of two abandoned coal tipples in Southwest Virginia were recently reclaimed thanks to settlement funds resulting from a water pollution lawsuit. [ Read More ]
Protect our communities. Stop the MVP Southgate fracked-gas pipeline
Friday, June 22nd, 2018 | Posted by Ridge Graham | No Comments
The developers behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline will host meetings on June 25-28 to get local feedback in some of the communities the 72-mile proposed MVP Southgate extension would traverse. [ Read More ]
Duke Energy’s grid modernization pilot still shortchanges ratepayers
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 | Posted by Brian Sewell | No Comments
Appalachian Voices and our allies are raising concerns related to the process and substance behind Duke Energy's grid modernization pilot. [ Read More ]
Rising resistance to pipelines
Friday, June 8th, 2018 | Posted by Tom Cormons | 4 Comments
Resistance to the fracked-gas Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines is growing, crossing all sorts of divides. Government agencies and officials supporting the projects are on the wrong side of history. [ Read More ]
