Elizabeth McGowan
Energy and Environment Reporter at Renewal News
Freelance Writer at Energy News Network
Energy and environment reporter in D.C. with special focus on intersection of nature, energy and labor. Avid hiker and bicyclist.
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1 week ago |
whro.org | Elizabeth McGowan
St. Paul – a hamlet of 830 people in coal country - remade itself into a bustling spot for ecotourism and off-road trailsThis is the second in a series about the progress and challenges in Southwest Virginia of The Nature Conservancy's $130 million Cumberland Forest Project. BY ELIZABETH MCGOWANTHE VIRGINIA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AT WHROSt. Paul, Virginia—Lou Wallace couldn’t bear to watch her hometown on the Wise-Russell county line continue to crumble.
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2 weeks ago |
wmra.org | Elizabeth McGowan
By Elizabeth McGowanThe Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHROPOUND, Va.—Waiting around isn’t Debbi Hale’s forte. So nobody in this depleted coalfield town of barely 850 near the Kentucky border was shocked four years ago when the retired gym teacher orchestrated a $10,000 makeover of a neglected patch of grass across from a trailer court. From there, it’s just a short hike down to a paddler’s bliss, where Bad Creek flows into eight undisturbed miles of the Pound River.
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2 weeks ago |
whro.org | Elizabeth McGowan
By Elizabeth McGowanThe Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHROPOUND, Va.—Waiting around isn’t Debbi Hale’s forte. So nobody in this depleted coalfield town of barely 850 near the Kentucky border was shocked four years ago when the retired gym teacher orchestrated a $10,000 makeover of a neglected patch of grass across from a trailer court. From there, it’s just a short hike down to a paddler’s bliss, where Bad Creek flows into eight undisturbed miles of the Pound River.
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2 weeks ago |
wvtf.org | Elizabeth McGowan
By Elizabeth McGowanThe Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHROPOUND, Va.—Waiting around isn’t Debbi Hale’s forte. So nobody in this depleted coalfield town of barely 850 near the Kentucky border was shocked four years ago when the retired gym teacher orchestrated a $10,000 makeover of a neglected patch of grass across from a trailer court. From there, it’s just a short hike down to a paddler’s bliss, where Bad Creek flows into eight undisturbed miles of the Pound River.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
canarymedia.com | Elizabeth McGowan
For instance, he said, Southwest Virginia might be the right fit for backing up federal data but less so for applications such as livestreaming video or trading stocks. Loudoun County and surrounding Northern Virginia are home to almost 300 data centers, the biggest concentration of such campuses in the world. It’s the crossroads for roughly 70% of global internet traffic.
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