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Category: exploration

Posted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 abandoned mine lands Appalachian economies black lung disease climate change e-cology exploration just transitions post-coal energy U.S. Congress

Ingenuity + money = flourishing enterprises on Central Appalachia coalfields

Whitesburg, Ky.—If hollowed out minelands and communities of Central Appalachia are to be restored in some fashion, then the vision for the region’s future has...

Posted on June 14, 2018 awareness birds e-cology exploration urban wildlife

Rare Breed: Baby birds are a feast for this cat’s eyes—not his mouth

WASHINGTON—This spring, it became his early morning ritual. After downing some kibble, he would pad purposefully to the first-floor bathroom and jump to the tiny...

Posted on December 7, 2017December 9, 2017 awareness birds environmental heroes exploration pesticides renewal

A Sense of Wonder: On Rachel Carson and Shooting Stars

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On a late-night walk home from the train, I looked up at just the right time. Like a bug on fire, a shooting star...

E-cology Reports

Book cover Greetings Readers, February 10, 2021 by Elizabeth McGowan - Elizabeth McGowan here. Please click to my author website to learn about my journey to publishing Outpedaling ‘The Big C’: My Healing Cycle Across America. You can sign up for my NEW newsletter about riding and writing, and also invite me to be a speaker for your book group, cancer support group or other cherished institution.… Read more >
Ingenuity + money = flourishing enterprises on Central Appalachia coalfields April 24, 2019 by Elizabeth McGowan - Whitesburg, Ky.—If hollowed out minelands and communities of Central Appalachia are to be restored in some fashion, then the vision for the region’s future has to extend beyond infrastructure for federal prisons and natural gas pipelines. That’s what Eric Dixon of the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center says he hears as he crisscrosses the area. "Communities… Read more >