• 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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  • The Good Gets Better

    The April, 2020, issue of The Highlands Voice celebrated the passage of Senate Bill 583.  It would further the development of renewable energy resources by allowing the state’s utility companies…


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  • A Fond Remembrance

    For some while I’ve considered jotting down stories from those early days of organizing West Virginia Highlands Conservancy — often around the table in Pittsburgh Climbers’ rented…


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  • Revelations

    There is a white skein                                                     of fungus                                                     fast enveloping                                                     in its many tendriled way                                                     the…


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  • Thinking about the Economics of Petrochemicals

    By John McFerrin             One of the clichés of our public policy has long been that we have to “balance” the environmental and social costs…


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  • West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited Report on Pipelines

    By John McFerrin             West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina are thick with rivers and streams.  More and more, they are (or are proposed to be)…


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