The Front Porch Blog, with Updates from AppalachiaThe Front Porch Blog, with Updates from Appalachia

It’s a wrap! A rundown of the 2021 Virginia General Assembly

Monday, March 15th, 2021 | Posted by Peter Anderson | No Comments

We and our allies fought hard for the health and well-being of communities and the environment, and we're grateful for the emails and calls you delivered to the legislature to support these efforts. [ Read More ]


An enormous step for coal communities, environmental justice and climate

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 | Posted by Tom Cormons | No Comments

President Biden's executive order puts the United States in a position to vigorously confront the challenges of climate change, create good-paying jobs and protect communities from the hazards of polluted land, air and water. [ Read More ]


VICTORY! The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is cancelled!

Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 | Posted by Tom Cormons | No Comments

In a historic win for environmental justice, the 600-mile, massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline project has been cancelled. [ Read More ]


The change in Richmond can bring change statewide

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 | Posted by Peter Anderson | No Comments

Advocates for clean energy, environmental justice and fair electricity pricing are leveraging the shift in political power in Richmond to advance their missions. Here's some of the bills Appalachian Voices is working on this session. [ Read More ]


Momentous win for environmental justice and against pipelines!

Thursday, January 9th, 2020 | Posted by Lara Mack | No Comments

Communities and organizations fighting the proposed fracked-gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline celebrated a monumental win for environmental justice this week. [ Read More ]


Rooted vision: Activists across the generations

Monday, December 16th, 2019 | Posted by Lara Mack | No Comments

A group of social justice activists from 17 to 75 from Virginia traveled to the 8th annual Southern Movement Assembly in Mississippi, where they made connections and drew inspiration from others. [ Read More ]


North Carolina shows up strong against fracked-gas projects

Friday, November 22nd, 2019 | Posted by Ridge Graham | No Comments

North Carolinians are turning out strong to stand for environmental justice and water quality and to stop unneeded fracked-gas projects. [ Read More ]


Buckingham rises up with visit from Rev. Barber, Al Gore

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments

Civil rights and climate activists Rev. William Barber and former Vice President Al Gore drew more than 1,000 people to a town hall meeting in Buckingham, Va., to highlight the environmental racism of the proposed frack-gas compressor station in the African-American community of Union Hill. [ Read More ]


Virginia’s Union Hill community continues fight for environmental justice

Thursday, January 24th, 2019 | Posted by Lara Mack | No Comments

Pipeline resisters were distraught - but, alas, not surprised - when Va. regulators OK'd a huge fracked-gas compressor station in historic Union Hill. But all vowed to continue the fight for environmental justice. [ Read More ]


Virginia ignores risk, allows Atlantic Coast Pipeline work

Thursday, October 25th, 2018 | Posted by Kevin Ridder | No Comments

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality approved Clean Water Act permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, brushing off concerns from the Governor’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice. [ Read More ]


Our air. Our lives.

Thursday, October 18th, 2018 | Posted by Lara Mack | No Comments

Hundreds of Virginians voiced their concerns this summer about a massive fracked gas compressor station proposed in the heart of Virginia as part of the risky Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Some of them have everything at stake -- their health, home and heritage as part of the historic African-American community of Union Hill. [ Read More ]


Al Gore, Rev. Barber tour coal-impacted communities in N.C.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 | Posted by Ridge Graham | 1 Comment

The former vice president joined with the Poor People's Campaign and others on a two-day tour to highlight the link between environmental injustice and poverty. [ Read More ]



 

 


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