Bluestone Coal Sings the Blues

By Cindy Rank Voice deadlines often rattle my brain as I puzzle over how to relate a recent development in some one of our, by…

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Leer Mine Revision Threatens the Tygart

By Cindy Rank For the past ten years readers of the Highlands Voice have seen a multitude of articles about Arch Coal’s ICG Tygart Leer mine…

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Water Works

By Cindy Ellis In 2012, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and allies hosted a “Wellness and Water” conference in Morgantown, followed by similar day-long…

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Mind Boggling Mine Bonding

By Cindy Rank In the May 2020 issue of The Highlands Voice and again in June we talked a lot about chickens coming home to roost,…

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What’s Next for the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

By Lew Freeman             The masthead of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance states that the organization’s mission is: “Protecting the heritage, resources and economy of the Allegheny-Blue…

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Making Connections

By Cindy Ellis “Intersectional environmentalism” is a new phrase that recently has gotten some attention.     What is it?  Intersectionality is the belief that…

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Still Hunkered Down

Because the pandemic is ongoing, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has cancelled its events.        The quarterly Board meeting set for July was cancelled.  Because our…

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Thoughts from our president

July has been an exciting month for the West Virginia highlands and various projects that WVHC has been working on for so long. As we say on…

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Atlantic Coast Pipeline in the Rearview Mirror

By Lewis Freeman, Executive Director, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, partners in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project, announced on July…

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