Solar is essential to meeting urgent emissions reduction goals, but concerns about smart land use and the community and environmental impacts of large-scale solar don’t have easy answers.
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Planning ahead for a bright future in Virginia
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Owning the Mountains: Appalachia’s history of corporate control
By Elizabeth E. Payne Throughout the history of the United States, Appalachia has attracted the attention of outside investors hoping to profit from the region’s valuable commodities. First timber, then coal and now natural gas are all highly valued. To…
TAGS: appalachia Corporate land ownership land ownership land use mountaintop removal coal mining Mountaintop removal impacts
