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Dan Radmacher
Dan is Appalachian Voice's Media Specialist. Previously, he worked as an opinion journalist for newspapers in Illinois, West Virginia, Florida and Virginia, and then as a communications consultant for a number of environmental nonprofit organizations.
Friday, June 14th, 2024 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | 2 Comments
Community members have fought this pipeline for 10 years — pointing out its many flaws and dangers and winning court battles by proving developers and regulators were ignoring laws meant to protect communities and the environment. Now, those regulators allow the pipeline to go into service. [
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | 1 Comment
Four rules
finalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency late last month will limit pollution from power plants — reducing climate-altering emissions, protecting the health of nearby communities and speeding the transition to renewable energy. [
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Thursday, June 15th, 2023 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | No Comments
For those who have poured heart and soul into the fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline for nearly a decade, June 1 was a horrible night. [
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Friday, May 19th, 2023 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | 1 Comment
What is the debt ceiling, and why can it be used to gain leverage to pass unpopular legislation that otherwise wouldn’t have the necessary votes? [
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Friday, March 3rd, 2023 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | 2 Comments
Even with the short session, Appalachian Voices’ capitol team had a lot to keep track of, with a number of bills we were hoping to convince legislators to support — and quite a few we were hoping to convince them to vote down. [
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | No Comments
Miners with black lung and their advocates scored a huge victory in the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act, which permanently extended the black lung excise tax that supports the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. [
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | No Comments
The system to ensure that surface mines get cleaned up and restored is under intense strain as the coal industry declines, leading to dangerous conditions at many mines and putting taxpayers at risk of having to foot the bill eventually. [
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | No Comments
At a virtual press conference on Dec. 13, the launch of the “Press Pause Coalition” was announced. The statewide coalition wants a moratorium on state agencies permitting gold, copper, zinc and lead mining. [
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 | Posted by Dan Radmacher | No Comments
On Friday, Virginia's Air Pollution Control Board will rule on Mountain Valley Pipeline's hotly contested plan to place a polluting compressor station in a majority Black district already burdened with air pollution from two other compressors. [
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