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Appalachian Voices

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A leading force in Appalachia’s shift from fossil fuels to clean energy, healthy communities and 21st-century local economies

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Duke Energy has been steadily hiking ⬆️ power bills for residents over the past few years — that's all due to its reliance on methane gas & its volatile cost. EDF explores why the utility is continuing its gas buildout in this blog post. blogs.edf.org/climate411/202…

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is requesting to go in-service at the end of May, but a recent testing failure on a section of the pipeline has left residents on the MVP's route concerned for their safety. Tell federal regulators to deny MVP's request!

appvoices.org/no-pipelines/t…

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Hear, hear! 'Public utility commissions must step in to require utilities to make investments that benefit the climate and their customers,' writes Jonathan Mingle in today's New York Times.

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We're partnering with BBG | The West Virginian to develop stories about air quality issues, community air monitoring and grassroots organizing in largely Black communities in West Virginia. Read more in Willie Dodson's blog post!

appvoices.org/2024/05/07/bla…

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Leaders from Virginia's environmental community issued a joint statement on the failure to keep a provision in the state budget to insist that the state remain in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality fined Mountain Valley Pipeline for more than a dozen environmental offenses on Friday — the cost to the developers of the $7.85 billion project was $31,500.

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💐 is tomorrow! Check out this guide for tips on celebrating mothers without harming our , Mother 🌎! onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/…

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submitted a request to go “in service” at the end of May, but a recent failure during testing proves that the project is not ready. Tell @FERC that MVP should not receive permission to go in service.

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This is an outrage! By building a new gas plant, TVA would ignore the EPA and would disregard climate science, economics, and the voices of Tennesseans. Renewable energy is increasingly cheaper, more reliable, and better for our planet and its people.
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Yesterday, community members from rural Cheatham County to the city of Memphis urged TVA to abandon its plans for a costly and polluting gas buildout.

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“If gas was going through the pipeline it would have been devastating,” said Sam Rasoul, one of the VA delegates who signed a letter asking @FERC to deny MVP's request. “This failure confirms our concerns and it’s premature for it to go in service now.”

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