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Help the People of Wise County Defeat Dominion

In just a few weeks, Virginia will be delivering a mile-long petition to Dominion shareholders and Governor Tim Kaine, asking him not to build a 2nd coal fired power plant in Wise County. This plant will increase greenhouse gas emissions, mountaintop removal mining in Wise County, and local toxic fallout for the people in SWVA. It will create only a few long-term jobs, and will not help the 20% of Wise County that already lives in poverty.

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.


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