Our work has stopped coal mines from being built, reduced pollution, strengthened environmental regulation, and protected our region from the worst abuses from industries who would exploit our people and resources.

We work with scientists, engineers, and other experts to stop pollution, protect forests and streams, enforce worker rights, and restore our ecosystems.

Together with local communities and other partners, we have forced polluters to internalize billions of dollars in costs and to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to support local communities, to prevent or clean up pollution, and to restore streams and forests.

We have offices in West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and generally work in central Appalachia: West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.