Lexington Coal Clean-Up Plan for Mingo County Mines

By Mike Toney A coal company responsible for some of the highest discharges of a pollutant with toxic effects for West Virginia’s aquatic life…

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Our Readers Write

Dear Editor, The January Voice had an essay from Perry Bryant in which he disputed part of Dr. Randi Pokladnik’s piece in the December…

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Supporting the Wilderness Climate:

The First Season of Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Part 3: The Seeds of Popularity By Dave Johnston

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How to Fix the Unfixable

By Cindy Rank We’ve seen it before with coal and now it’s happening with gas. On the coal front we have…

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Conserving Birds in a Changing Climate

By Cynthia Ellis WVHC, we think, was justifiably proud of the line-up of presenters arranged for our virtual Fall Review in 2021.  That pride extends…

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Book News

Appalachia’s Alternatives to Mainstream America by Paul Salstrom (University of Tennessee Press, 2021) Reviewed by Julian Martin and John McFerrin             This is a blend of…

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Doughnut Economics: Linking Environmental and Human Concerns with the Economy

By Jackie Burns There is a new idea among some modern economists that should be of interest to those of us long concerned about…

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Thoughts from our president

Winter is marching through the highlands with freezing temperatures, strong winds (causing temperatures and wind chills to drop below zero on many of occasions) and several snowstorms…

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Question of Nuclear Power back on the Table in West Virginia

By John McFerrin             For over twenty years using nuclear energy to generate electricity in West Virginia has not been a realistic possibility because it…

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