Tomorrow, 10/14, #CoalMiners and their families and supporters are rallying in front of the Dept. of Labor to demand that the administration stop delaying a rule meant to protect miners from #BlackLung disease.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/climate/coal-miners-black-lung-protest-trump.html

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

The conservation world lost one of its guiding lights on Wednesday when renowned primatologist Jane Goodall passed away at 91.

Over 65 years studying chimpanzees in the wild, Goodall proved that primates are a lot like people. But her impact goes far beyond chimps. 🧵

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Have spent a couple cloudy, drizzly days bouncing around NC/SC practicing photography with my dad. One year post Helene, it still hurts to see remaining damage and compare with SWVA

Have spent a couple cloudy, drizzly days bouncing around NC/SC practicing photography with my dad. One year post Helene, it still hurts to see remaining damage and compare with SWVA

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

KY TN NC VA convergence folks … who would like a new best friend??

Pieces of the monument to labor that was community-designed for a small park in downtown Pound, VA. Both artists working on the piece have deep ties to coal and these are just a few of the elements. Every detail, down to the book titles, came from local residents and is tied to a personal story.

Pieces of the monument to labor that was community-designed for a small park in downtown Pound, VA. Both artists working on the piece have deep ties to coal and these are just a few of the elements. Every detail, down to the book titles, came from local residents and is tied to a personal story.

no no (pointing up the holler to Tudor’s) Appalachian foodway!

Scenes from an idyllic SWVA coalfield evening

Got to visit an AML site for work up near Clinchco in Dickenson County! Absolutely taken over with invasive autumn olive but full of wildlife and ready for a new reclamation journey

Vonda Robinson of the National Black Lung Association explains why the recent tax cut for metallurgical coal "felt like a slap in the face" in this opinion piece for @cardinalnews.org.

https://loom.ly/R9plZ0k

Ro Khanna is speaking in Pennington Gap at the 4th annual SWVA Democratic Rural Roundup! We have coffee and donuts and community

vimeo.com/1113427549?s... if anyone needs an uplifting glimpse of some of the folks who protect our parks

Almost heaven

Almost heaven

The VT professors within this department are some of the best people I’ve been able to work with. Several help run the Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia grant program, which is 1 of the most culturally beautiful and community accessible funding sources I’ve ever seen. A huge loss for all of us

The VT professors within this department are some of the best people I’ve been able to work with. Several help run the Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia grant program, which is 1 of the most culturally beautiful and community accessible funding sources I’ve ever seen. A huge loss for all of us

The president just issued an executive order asserting new and wide-ranging authority over the issuance of federal grants. This will have huge repercussions for the daily operations of US science. 🧪

Also, lawyers are gonna be lawyering.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Earlier this year, the EPA halted $3 billion in grants, causing project freezes in underserved communities across many rural areas and sparking a class action lawsuit. That case has its first hearing in front of a federal judge this afternoon.

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker