Let There Be Sunlight: Switch to solar keeps historic Appalachian coal camp on energy map
Benham, Ky—Black rock buried thousands of feet under the Cumberland Mountains might have put Benham on the energy map, but sunlight beaming from 93 million...
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In-depth exploration of the intersection of nature, labor and energy. .
Rx for Appalachia: Non-profit restoring native forests to mountains devastated by coal mining and logging
DURBIN, WEST VIRGINIA—Near the top of Cheat Mountain, bulldozer operator Bill Moore grimaces at the wreckage littering the steep slope below. It looks as if...
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...