Articles by Regional Reporter, Appalachia Katie Myers
Katie Myers reports on climate in Appalachia through a partnership between BPR and Grist. She previously served as a climate solutions fellow at Grist. She also reported with the Ohio Valley ReSource and WMMT 88.7 FM in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Her freelance work has appeared in the BBC, NPR, Belt Magazine, and Scalawag Magazine, among others.
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![A man seen in silhouette walks toward a steel mill, where a banner reads]()
![A man seen in silhouette walks toward a steel mill, where a banner reads]()
Steel built the Rust Belt. Green steel could help rebuild it.
Steel manufactured using hydrogen and powered by renewable energy could drastically reduce carbon emissions and employ a well-paid, industrial workforce.
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![A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.]()
![A woman dressed in black pants and an olive green blouse addresses people in the yard of a home in rural Alabama with a failing sanitation septic system.]()
A landmark investigation brings environmental justice to rural Alabama
Federal investigators found that Alabama neglected a Black community's sewage and sanitation needs — then punished them for the results.
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![A fishing boat in silhouette heads up the Cape Fear River as sunse casts a golden glow over the water.]()
![A fishing boat in silhouette heads up the Cape Fear River as sunse casts a golden glow over the water.]()
Is PFAS pollution a human rights violation? These activists say yes.
Activists in North Carolina allege that DuPont has for decades fouled Cape Fear River. They want the UN Human Rights Commission to hold it accountable.
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![digital collage of paper mill and buildings with river and billboard set against background of mountains]()
![digital collage of paper mill and buildings with river and billboard set against background of mountains]()
As one Southern community mourns a paper mill’s closure, another rejoices
On the Pigeon River, one town celebrates a paper mill's closure as another mourns — and both face an uncertain future.
