The Trump-Vance administration has used the Defense Production Act to prop up fossil fuel industries, including issuing hundreds of millions of dollars in DPA grants to keep aging coal plants operating and fund new coal-fired power plants. 

A contradiction between Montgomery County actions has halted permitting for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposed Swann Compressor Station, leaving the project without an active air permit application.

The Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia is a national treasure. “The Mon” boasts some of the continent’s southernmost cranberry bogs and red spruce forests, as well as numerous rare species a...

By RealWV Staff, Tyler Childers performs in Kentucky as part of Healing Appalachia 2025. Photo by Healing Appalachia. ASHLAND, KY -- In an announcement

The Care Collective is a proud sponsor of the Wee Ones Forest School, beginning programming Summer 2026. From June 9th to July 7th 2026, Wee Ones will meet on Tuesdays in Legion Park from 10:30am-1…

NPR's Julia Simon kicks off Climate Solutions Week with a look at how cities and states are working to reduce emissions.

In one fell swoop, the Trump administration took an axe to the agency tasked with handling legal disputes around mine worker safety. It could signal even deeper cuts to worker protections coming down…

Last week, the Trump Administration announced it was indefinitely pausing a new safeguard that would have curbed the silica dust that is causing black lung.

Today, the administration released a budget proposal for FY27 that will hurt Central Appalachian families. The budget completely eliminates funding for the Low-Income Household Energy Assistance Progr...

At Appalachian Voices, we believe that no matter our income level, the color of our skin or whether we live in a holler or a city, everyone deserves a safe community, clean air and water, safety on the job, and the basic constitutional protections at the foundation of our democracy. We urge our country’s leaders to work together to ensure that all of these rights are protected.

Many people believe wild bison have only ever lived and roamed in Yellowstone National Park or the vast open spaces depicted in Western films. Yet, Indigenous and archaeological records indicate that bison were found in nearly every state of what is now the United States — sorry, Hawaii — including in Appalachia. In Letcher County, Kentucky, the Appalachian Rekindling Project, an Indigenous, women-led organization, is seeking to reintroduce bison to the region on 63 acres of a reclaimed mount...

The 2026 Virginia General Assembly will be in session from January 14 to March 16, and Appalachian Voices is working to pass several bills relevant to

The 2026 Virginia General Assembly will be in session from January 14 to March 16, and Appalachian Voices is working to pass several bills relevant to

“In addition to serving as a public resource in times of need, this investment in solar and battery storage technology will lower energy bills for our community partners all year long," said Adam…

The 2025 documentary “How We Fight” follows one retired ranger’s effort to galvanize public support for park funding and staffing.

Nearly two decades after a massive TVA coal ash spill, families of the workers who cleaned up the toxic waste still cope with effects.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.

A Senate committee has postponed a vote on GOP-megadonor Lee Beaman's appointment to the Tennessee Valley Authority board.

Lost nationwide: $1.6 billion for building emergency shelters, treating drinking water and adapting to a changing climate.

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

Mingo County, West Virginia, was once thriving, but the coal industry’s decline left it one of the poorest counties in the US. Now, several data centers could be built in the region. Are data centers ...

The village has sued a federal agency over its canceled climate resilience grant and refutes claims that the money would have been wasted.