Affordable’ energy, yogis + Baptists, & toxic Camp Lejeune
Each time he wants to announce an environmental regulation rollback, President Trump visits West Virginia. The state voted overwhelmingly for him in 2016, the coal industry continues to…
Polluted air, solar co-ops, & sky-high power bills
The sky was hanging low and dark over Louisville this morning. It rained for nearly a full day, and the city felt scrunched between rolling clouds…
‘War on Coal,’ the Miami mayor’s change of heart, & Big Cypress oil
“The war against coal is over.” Speaking at an event in Hazard County, Kentucky earlier this week, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will move to…
Coal ash, coastal capitalism, & evacuations
The Utility Solid Waste Activities Group, a utility industry organization with members like electric cooperatives, utility companies, and power and gas associations, filed a petition a few…
Reclamation, whistleblowers, & rare lichen
One muggy summer afternoon four years ago, a man named Carl Shoupe and I drove along a windy road to the top of Black Mountain. A…