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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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Community members & organizations have until 5 p.m. today, Wed, 11/26, to file a motion to intervene w/ fed regulators over #MountainValleyPipeline's proposal for a compressor station in Elliston, #Virginia. #StopMVPBoost
https://loom.ly/3-DZ3Z4
First deadline to comment on MVP compressor station in Elliston is Nov. 26
There are two deadlines coming up if residents want to submit a comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about a new proposal to build a gas compressor station in Montgomery County.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
State regulators in #Virginia approved #DominionEnergy’s request for a certificate that clears a major hurdle for its #Chesterfield methane gas power plant, which could saddle customers w/ at least $8 billion in costs over time. #NoNewGasPlants
https://appvoices.org/2025/11/25/scc-chesterfield-cpcn/
SCC greenlights proposed Chesterfield gas plant
RICHMOND, Va. — Today after years of public opposition from local community members and residents throughout Virginia, the State Corporation Commission
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November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Meadowbrook Public Library Community Room in #Shawsville, #Virginia was filled to capacity as community members showed up to learn about Mountain Valley Pipeline's plans to increase its capacity by expanding compressor stations across its route. #NoMVP
📸's by Dan Radmacher
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The U.S. #solar industry employed 280K workers in 2024, roughly the same number as 2023, according to @IRECUSA’s 15th annual National #SolarJobsCensus. Explore it now at: https://loom.ly/_vEwba8
Solar Jobs Census
IREC's annual Solar Jobs Census is the authoritative account on solar jobs and the state of the workforce.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
On behalf of Appalachian Voices & other orgs, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a protest w/ FERC on #MountainValleyPipeline's application for its Southgate extension. The filing includes expert findings that show Southgate has no real market demand. #NoMVPSouthgate
https://loom.ly/AFnOfZ0
Environmental, clean energy groups, landowners file protest to MVP Southgate application - Southern Environmental Law Center
Washington, DC - Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) application to amend its certificate of public convenience and necessity for the proposed MVP Southgate gas pipeline. MVP is seeking authorization to construct and operate the “Amendment Project,” a modified version of the MVP Southgate project originally proposed in 2018. 
www.selc.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
SWVA organizations can apply for funding for energy efficiency improvements through the Southwest Virginia Building Upgrade Program, which is currently accepting applications. Applicants may qualify for up to $15,000 for upgrades.

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Southwest Virginia businesses can get $15,000 to help with building upgrades to reduce energy costs
Commercial building owners and local governments in Southwest Virginia can apply for funding to do weatherization and other building upgrades to lower energy costs.
www.wvtf.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice owes over $29 million to a Tennessee company for his family's coal companies' failure to meet collateral and payment obligations for reclaiming his mines.

https://loom.ly/6rBJ7-c
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Methane gas pipeline proposals keep popping up across #Virginia & #NorthCarolina, w/ signs more may be coming. Local groups worry regulators aren’t considering the cumulative impacts of so many gas projects packed together. Read more from Inside Climate News.
https://loom.ly/Ui27B3c
Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists - Inside Climate News
MVP’s Southgate Extension and Williams Companies’ Southeast Supply Enhancement Project are proposed in close proximity within a single North Carolina county.
insideclimatenews.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Appalachian Voices is proud to present a bold new set of policy recommendations for Virginia's legislators and decision makers, with policy suggestions by and for the people who call Southwest Virginia home.

https://appvoices.org/new-economy/va-coal-community-platform/
Virginia’s Coal Community Development Platform
A policy platform built by and for Virginia’s coalfield communities, with local priorities shaping economic transition rooted in real community needs.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Smart investments, stronger communities! 🌞 With $33,350 in support from the Appalachian Solar Finance Fund, RenewAll installed a 25.7-KW solar array, cutting costs and freeing up resources to support local businesses and revitalization efforts. https://loom.ly/sNBbNPA
RenewAll Lights the Way for Community Revitalization
In the heart of West Huntington, WV, a spark of innovation is fueling a brighter future.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#MountainValleyPipeline's Southgate extension would run from #Pittsylvania Co, #Virginia to Rockingham Co, #NorthCarolina. @VADEQ is reviewing a permit for Southgate & your voice is need to 🛑 this expansion of methane gas in our region! #NoMVPSouthgate
https://loom.ly/b-xaehU

Help protect Virginia: Speak up against MVP’s Southgate pipeline
Sign our petition!
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November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Have you read Appalachian author Silas House's first full-length poetry collection, “All These Ghosts," yet? 👀 Read about it and a Q&A with House on The Appalachian Voice!
https://appvoices.org/2025/10/31/all-these-ghosts-qa-with-silas-house/
In ‘All These Ghosts,’ Silas House Explores ‘Timesickness,’ Deep Grief, Hope in Dark Times 
In his first full-length poetry collection, “All These Ghosts,” Silas House, an award-winning Appalachian author and former poet laureate of Kentucky, grapples with deep personal grief and “timesickness,” or the deep longing for a time, place or spiritual state that no longer exists.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
More than 650 residents and advocates spoke out against Williams Transco’s SSEP project during the NC Department of Environmental Quality comment period on its air permit applications, which ended late yesterday. #NoSSEP https://loom.ly/PllNmQc
Hundreds of residents, advocates speak out against proposed Transco pipeline project
More than 650 residents and advocates have spoken out against Williams Transco’s Southeast Supply Enhancement project during the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality comment period on its air permit applications.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
12 #VA state legislators sent a letter to fed & #VA regulators, urging them to reject MVP's Southgate. They cited concerns re: the risks to #Virginia's waterways, wildlife habitat & communities, along w/ #MountainValleyPipeline's history of violating enviro laws. #NoMVPSouthgate
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tomorrow in #Christiansburg, #VA: “Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities.”
📆 11/20 @ 5 pm
📍Christiansburg Public Library
Join us if you're someone impacted by 📈 ⚡ costs, or curious about #AffordableEnergy solutions.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/tTIaJOw
Nov. 20: Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities
Nov. 20: Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities
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November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#WestVirginia kids are suing EQT gas company. Families allege years of #fracking emissions sickened 4️⃣ children & forced their families to abandon their homes.

Years of complaints went largely unaddressed by state & fed regulators & the company.
https://loom.ly/IfXEoEE
Children sue EQT over illness, distress they say are linked to company’s WV operations
After leaving homes near EQT’s fracking sites in West Virginia, 3 families are seeking damages for harm they say the Pittsburgh firm caused.
www.publicsource.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
An investigation by the @washingtonpost.com shows that many areas of the Eastern U.S., including Central #Appalachia, are vulnerable to extreme rainfall and #flooding. Mountains, economic challenges and infrastructure along waterways make preparing for and recovering from floods more challenging.
Where the sky keeps bursting
A Washington Post investigation shows why much of the eastern U.S. is increasingly vulnerable to extreme rain and floods.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Millions of Americans can't afford their ⚡ bills bc energy costs are 📈. Families are being forced to choose between keeping the 💡on & putting food on the table.

It’s ⏰ to hold utilities accountable by demanding clean, affordable energy for everyone.
https://loom.ly/n_ZLAOE
Fueling Debt: How Rising Utility Costs Are Overwhelming American Families
As temperatures cool and Americans’ dissatisfaction with the economy grows, families across the country are staring down a winter season that will be more
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Not only am I in a blast zone, but now you’re going to poison me?” says Penny Artis. MVP is planning a new compressor station in Elliston, VA, less than a mile from Artis. More on The Appalachian Voice! https://appvoices.org/2025/10/29/seasoned-mvp-fighters-prepare-for-another-battle/
In Montgomery County, Virginia, Seasoned Mountain Valley Pipeline Fighters Prepare for Another Battle
“Here we go again,” is what Crystal Mello, an organizer for the Preserve Our Water Heritage, Rights Coalition, says she said to herself when she learned that Mountain Valley Pipeline was planning a new compressor station in Elliston, Virginia, as part of a project to send even more gas through the massive 42-inch pipeline.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our ability to defend our air and water is under attack — speak out! 📣
Your voice matters! Tell your House representative to oppose the SPEED Act!
https://appvoices.org/actions/tell-congress-to-stop-the-speed-act/
Tell Congress to stop the SPEED Act!
The SPEED Act would effectively gut NEPA by taking away the power of everyday people to hold the government accountable.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
💡 Cut your building’s energy costs!

Building UP may help cover up to $15,000 in upgrades to boost efficiency and savings for qualifying buildings in Southwest Virginia!

To learn more and apply: https://www.solarfinancefund.org/swva-building-upgrade/
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Last week, #NorthCarolina regulators approved a💧 quality permit for #MountainValleyPipeline's Southgate extension. This article from @WUNC points out how Southgate will cross a rural county where two other pipelines are proposed.
#NoMVPSouthgate

https://loom.ly/fZrWKD0
Water quality permit for natural gas project MVP Southgate approved
The project would include a 31-mile, 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline from Virginia to Rockingham County, NC. Officials previously denied this same permit in 2020.
www.wunc.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
People across the Tennessee Valley deserve clean air, peace of mind, and affordable power. 💚 But right now, TVA wants to replace its coal-fired Kingston power plant with a methane gas plant and pipeline.

🔗 https://www.notvapipelines.com/

#NoTVAPipelines #Ridgeline #pipelines #TVA #MethaneGas
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🎬 #Charlottesville: Join us for a screening of "A Beast Touch the Mountain" — a moving documentary about the fight to protect our communities from the #MountainValleyPipeline — on Friday, 11/21, at 7 pm at the Violet Crown.
https://loom.ly/o6MZJsg
A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN Charlottesville Screening to Benefit POWHR
A fierce band of women on Bent Mountain, VA fight a corrupt natural gas pipeline to protect their land and way of life.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM