As cancer haunts North Carolina communities, residents struggle to find answers
With little research available about historic pollution’s effects on health outcomes, families are left with fragmented data points and unexplained diagnoses.
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Local journalists, officials, and community leaders will discuss the media, the issues important to you, and the future of Appalachia.
Florida schools still ‘begging for help’ after Hurricane Michael
As a new hurricane season begins, thousands of students remain homeless and officials are struggling to rebuild before the next school year.
POWERLINES—Call for submissions
Examining the intersection of climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South.
‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades.