When forester Benton MacKaye proposed building an Appalachian Trail 100 years ago, he was really thinking about preserving a larger region as a haven from industrial life.
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Everest didn’t become the highest mountain overnight. This process was excruciatingly slow; a result of complex interactions between the solid earth, the atmosphere and the biosphere.
Three decades after poet Frank X. Walker coined the term ‘Affrilachia,’ the region’s poets and artists continue to create work that probes the world of a people long ignored.
Pipeline companies have run roughshod over several regions where they’re building, racking up safety and environmental violations. Many residents feel trapped, with no control over their property.
A stark divide in the response to the film suggests a deep disconnect between media elites and the rest of the country.
The Bsal fungus is not yet here in North America, or any place in the Western Hemisphere, but there is concern that the pet trade is the most likely route for introduction here.
Economic and political trends are driving a shift away from coal. What kind of assistance do coal workers and communities need?
Young, poor, single and a mother of two: This is the profile of most women in the US and Northern Ireland who seek financial assistance to help pay for an abortion.
People in Appalachia are skeptical and cautious around technology – and how they think can be useful and instructive for living in a tech-centric world.
A recent study found the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever recorded among coal miners in central Appalachia. Two doctors who treat black lung patients explain how miners contract it.
Trump administration rollbacks dominated news about the environment in 2017 – but beyond Washington D.C., many researchers are developing innovative visions for a greener future.
Rural development experts say the best way to help coal communities by is investing in people, infrastructure and a clean environment. Instead, President Trump’s budget cuts programs in these areas.
Are all people entitled to live in a clean and healthy environment? A legal scholar says yes, and argues for using this principle to address damage from polluting industries in Appalachia.
The founder of the West Virginia Dialect Project hopes to debunk some of the myths about the way Appalachian people speak and instill pride in a rich, oft-maligned culture.
Coal miners are often romanticized in our society and held up as examples of hard-working Americans who deserve our respect. In reality, many retired miners could get the shaft this Friday.
Anything That Gives Off Light explores Scottishness from three very different perspectives.
Beyond the environmental cost, what is the psychological toll on communities of mountaintop removal coal mining?
The U.S. coal industry is rapidly losing jobs and market share to lower-carbon energy sources. Here we examine what kind of aid can help mining communities transition to a post-coal future.
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Miami University
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Professor of Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State
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Professor of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Honorary Fellow in Structural Geology and Tectonics, The University of Melbourne
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Research Professor of Psychology; Director of the Life Paths Appalachian Research Center, Sewanee: The University of the South
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Associate professor of Occupational Medicine, West Virginia University
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Professor of American Studies and English, Middlebury College
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Faculty Member, George R. Farmer Jr., Law Library, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor in Human Geography, Lund University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, West Virginia University