Connor Giffin @connorgiffin.bsky.social Environmental reporter for The Courier Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. Tips: cgiffin@usatodayco.com
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Debra Mihalic Staples @dmihalicstaples.bsky.social Writer, reader, hiker, kayaker, nature journaler, all at a leisurely pace. Words in Bulb Culture Collective, Wild Roof Journal, Still: The Journal, Gastropoda, High Country News, South Carolina Wildlife, and elsewhere.
Chris McDermott @chrismcdermott.bsky.social editor | fmr. managing editor at EcoWatch | animal rights | climate | science | biodiversity | wildlife | oceans | biophile | Asheville, NC
Kiley Bense @kiley.bsky.social Journalist at @insideclimatenews.org covering climate change, the environment, public health, and politics.
Recent work:
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Appalachia Today @appalachiatoday.bsky.social Appalachia Today™ is a digital magazine covering news, travel, events, music, culture, and history across the Appalachian Mountains. Visit AppalachiaToday.com for our latest stories.
Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics @energtx.bsky.social Global energy data platform — electricity, renewables, CO₂, energy prices across 56 countries. Analysis-ready datasets for research & policy. Custom analysis available. energtx.com | info@energtx.com
Tadpole Land & Trail Conservancy @tadpoleltc.bsky.social We are located in Fluvanna County, Virginia. We are a 501(c)3, working to protect and preserve lands in Virginia, educate on the protection of natural resources, and provide recreational opportunities. To learn more, visit www.tadpolepreserves.org
West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com Nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent journalism not hidden behind a paywall. Mountaineers are always free, and so is West Virginia Watch.
westvirginiawatch.com
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
Emma Kelly @evkelly.bsky.social New Economy Program Manager for Appalachian Voices, anthropologist, union girlie. At home in the mountains with a good book or game. She/her
POWHR Coalition @powhr.org For over a decade, the POWHR Coalition has fought for our mountains, streams, and communities across West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Donate to support! https://www.every.org/protect-our-water-heritage-rights-powhr/f/powhrs-2025-year-end
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action @movca.bsky.social Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action (MOVCA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the global climate crisis and related crises through education, activism, and coalition-building. #ClimateAction
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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social Since 1977, CEEPR has been a focal point for research on energy and environmental policy at MIT.
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The Appalachian Folklore Podcast @appfolklorepod.bsky.social 
Center for Coalfield Justice @coalfldjustice.bsky.social Nonprofit based in Washington, PA working to improve oversight of fossil fuel extraction; to educate, empower and organize coalfield citizens; and to protect public and environmental health.
Oil Change International @oilchange.org Working to expose the true costs of fossil fuels & facilitate the transition to clean energy with research, communications, and advocacy. oilchange.org
Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social Public-interest investigative journalism covering the U.S. oil and gas industry. Sponsored by Environmental Integrity Project.
Learn more: https://linkin.bio/ogw
Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance @abralliance.bsky.social Creating community empowerment through mapping, education and information transparency, to protect and preserve the resources, economy and heritage of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region. 💪🏼🌎
Learn more at https://www.abralliance.org
Radio Free Blue Ridge @cottonhollow.bsky.social Defending democracy like a mama bear
Indivisible High Country NC ❌👑 @indivisiblehc.bsky.social #Democracy #Freedom #Indivisible #NC #NorthCarolina #Persist #Resist #Boone #AlleghanyCounty #AsheCounty #AveryCounty #CaldwellCounty #WataugaCounty #WilkesCounty #WNCStrong #NCStrong #NCPol
Virginia Organizing @nnvaorg.bsky.social Grassroots nonprofit advocating for improved quality of living across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia Organizing is a nonpartisan organization and cannot coordinate with any political candidates or campaigns. We do not endorse candidates.
Virginia Poverty Law Center @vplc.bsky.social Seeking justice | Educating communities | Leading in advocacy. Since 1978.
Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social We’re a movement of young people fighting fascism to win a Green New Deal | Text GND to 88504 for updates 🌅
linkin.bio/sunrisemvmt
Appodlachia @appodlachia.com John Brown is a hero / Unions are good / Accents are sexy / redneck is a term of endearment https://lnk.bio/appodlachia
Rednecks Rising @rednecksrising.bsky.social appalachian healing+storytelling+organizing
🫱🏽🫲🏿from the holler to the sea
🚫fash🚫racism🚫capitalism
📍tsalagi lands(western nc)
http://linktr.ee/rednecksrising
Jobs With Justice @jwj.org Fighting for workers' rights and an economy that works for everyone.
Mountain Association @mtassociationky.bsky.social Nonprofit building a new economy in Eastern Kentucky. Follow for stories of great things happening!
We offer solar/energy savings, low interest loans, and other support. 
Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org More than a million species could be lost to the Extinction Crisis in the coming decades. Learn about our work to save Earth's wildlife & wild places. www.biologicaldiversity.org
Ohio Citizen Action @ohiocitizen.org Ohio Citizen Action informs, organizes, and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests across issues and campaigns.
Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social Climate Storyteller & Activist
Sustainability Scientist
🌍 goodclimatenews.substack.com
📧 alaina@pharos.co
ACLU of Tennessee @aclutn.bsky.social Fighting for freedom and fairness in Tennessee.💥
For more, visit: www.aclu-tn.org
Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com Independent, nonprofit news site dedicated to cover Tennessee government, policy and politics. Send tips to @info@tennesseelookout.com.
Beloved Asheville @belovedasheville1.bsky.social 
7 Directions of Service @7directionsof.bsky.social advocating for Indigenous and marginalized communities, and the land, water and more-than-human relatives, who bear the brunt of systemic injustices
Appalachian Citizens' Law Center @appcitizenslaw.bsky.social Home of Appalachian Citizens' Law Center--Fighting for justice in the Appalachian coalfields.
www.aclc.org 
ReImagine Appalachia @reimagineappal8ia.bsky.social Reimagine Appalachia is dedicated to making sure that no matter what we look like or the size of our bank account, everyone who lives here can have a good job, is cared for, can put down roots for the future, and leave healthy land for their children.
Virginia Mercury @virginiamercury.com An independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news source covering Virginia government and policy.
Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com News, sports, opinion and more from the Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Bri Knisley @briknisley.bsky.social 
@mergoatmag.bsky.social @mergoatmag.bsky.social 
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Chesapeake Climate @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first nonprofit fighting climate change in MD, DC, & VA. Sister org of @ccanactionfund.bsky.social
🔗https://chesapeakeclimate.org
📍DC, Maryland, Virginia, & WV
Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov Representing Northern Virginia in the U.S. House.
Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov Proud Mom, Democrat, and First Black Congresswoman from Virginia. Representing VA-04 in the U.S. House of Representatives. 🔺
Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Virginia.
Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
beth @bethbourdon.bsky.social public defender doing death penalty/1st degree murder cases. @/bethbourdon on twitter, bbourdon on Insta.
Riverfox @riverfox1.bsky.social Takes long breaks from social media when busy with real life and often found on the water. 
Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social Environmental news, lifestyle tips, and free-ranging opinions from the editors of Sierra magazine. Follow us: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra
Stephen Kretzmann @kretzmann.bsky.social Father. Founder. PNW transplant. Bearing witness to fossil fuel industry greed for 35 years. The struggle continues.
Kevin Grandia @kgrandia.bsky.social Founder of Spake Media. Digital and online campaigning for positive social and environmental change. Here: https://spakemedia.com/
cathie bird @holler237.bsky.social Soul witness, explorer of inner spaces, Earth environments in which I’ve lived, and dimensions of life in our solar system and beyond. Earth Re-Ascension. Transformation. Systems. Phenology. Birds. Nature.
#gaia #awakeninghumanity #galacticfamily
Robyn Kincaid @robynrox.bsky.social Progressive broadcaster. Hostess of “Head-On With Robyn Kincaid” live M-F 5-8 pm EST. 20+ years broadcasting from behind the Cornpone Curtain in WV. Appalachian activist. Knower of words. BBQ Goddess. Listen and support at https://HeadOn.Live 🚫NO MAGATS!
Grist @grist.org We're a nonprofit news org dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Get our journalism in your inbox: https://grist.org/subscribe/
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@mccoyoioi.bsky.social @mccoyoioi.bsky.social 
Whit Jones @whitjones.bsky.social Building local power for climate justice at LeadLocally.org
350 Action @350action.bsky.social 350 Action mobilizes progressive voters, gets climate champions elected, holds fossil-fueled politicians accountable, supports frontline partners, trains young movement leaders — and much more.
Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social The climate can't wait. We must act now to protect the future of our planet. Join us! 🔗 linktr.ee/greenpeaceusa
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
StanleysMom ❌👑💙🇺🇦🇨🇦 @whenpigsfly12215.bsky.social Bleeding Heart. Bunny & Tree Hugger. Roosevelt Democrat. 100% Vaccinated. Nothing to say to MAGAts. Native Texan (oh, the shame!)
Twitter: @whenpigsflyyy
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Jeremy Symons @jeremysymons.bsky.social Former EPA Climate Advisor. Former Deputy Director of Senate Environment Committee. Join my Substack newsletter:
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Richard Knowles @ricardoknowlez.bsky.social 
AceSpace @acespace.love AceSpace is the asexuality dating website that has taken the community by storm! It is FREE to join and we're all about positive vibes. Join today! 💜
Eva Hernandez @evahernandez.bsky.social Executive Director, Mosaic
Former Managing Director, SierraClub
Adjunct Coach, The Management Center
Board of Directors, Friends of the Earth & GAVA
@sarapennington.bsky.social @sarapennington.bsky.social 
RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute @rockymtninst.bsky.social RMI transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to secure a prosperous, resilient, clean energy future for all.
Ken Ward Jr. @kenwardjr.bsky.social Investigative journalist in West Virginia. Founding editor-in-chief of @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social watchdog newsroom. Former ProPublica local reporter. MacArthur Fellow.
Mother Jones @motherjones.com Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social Saving the Bay through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration. Reposts ≠ endorsements. Photo by Ryan Osborne. #SaveTheBay
Veronica Butcher @veronicabutcher.bsky.social Opinions are my own not my employer.
25+ years in & around politics, policy & public service. Passions=selfcare, climate change, social equity, women as changemakers & leaders.
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@wvamountains.bsky.social @wvamountains.bsky.social 
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Welcome to my shiny new echo chamber… hoping here that I can keep it clean and tidy and ‘woke’.
IRL - lawyer (of the lefty, campaigning variety).
Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and elsewhere, slowly writing a book
Tennessean on the Puget Sound, a pal and a confidant
https://brookejarvis.net 
Leslie Sayima Dreamer @earthspeakorg.bsky.social Journalist, Activist, Mother - still fighting the corporation that killed my son & poisoned a town. For People, Peace & Clean Air & Water
🌎✊🏾❣️✌🏾
(p.s. don’t do fundraising)
Ian E. Smith @ianeriksmith.bsky.social 
Sierra Club @sierraclub.org Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet!
sierraclub.org
John D. Wilson @wilson-energy.bsky.social Clean Energy Research Expert 🔌💡
Works at https://gridstrategiesllc.com/
Lives in Lexington, KY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilsonjd/
Paula Jean Swearengin @paulajean2020.bsky.social WV mountain mama fighting against the corrupt political machine. Not a Dem. Not a Rep. Independent hell raiser. My opinions are my own & not my employers.
Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social Senior Journalist/Producer in Society and Health at BBC Scotland News. Once deemed "not quite Terry Wogan" by a listener. ✉️ : daniel.bennett@bbc.co.uk
BBC journos starter pack:
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Institute for Southern Studies @southernstudies.bsky.social Exposing injustice, strengthening democracy, and building community for change in the South. Publisher of Facing South: https://www.facingsouth.org/
SEJ — Society of Environmental Journalists @sejorg.bsky.social SEJ is a membership association of professional journalists dedicated to environmental issues. Our mission is to strengthen the quality, reach and viability of journalism that advances public understanding of environmental issues. linktr.ee/sejorg
Phil Radford @philradford.bsky.social President and CEO | Consumer Reports
Views are my own.
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Van Jones @vanjones68.bsky.social 
Earthjustice @earthjustice.org Because the earth needs a good lawyer.
Join our fight: Text JOIN to 43428.
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James Bruggers @jbruggers.bsky.social The Earth has a fever, and I covered it for Inside Climate News. Michigan native. Montana and California expat. Former Society of Environmental Journalists president and former Knight Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.
@natresources.bsky.social @natresources.bsky.social 
Rev Yearwood @revyearwood.bsky.social a climate justice activist, podcaster, donor, filmmaker and part of an accountable intergenerational, leaderful, matriarchal EJ frontline led movement: revyearwood.com
Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, non-partisan newsroom dedicated to covering climate, energy and the environment. Our newsletters: http://bit.ly/3mcVORO
DeSmog @desmog.com Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.
Environmental Integrity Project @envirointegrity.bsky.social EIP empowers communities and protects public health and the environment. We're a team of public interest lawyers, analysts, investigators, and organizers.
https://linkin.bio/eip
NC Justice Center @ncjustice.bsky.social 
@peaceup.bsky.social @peaceup.bsky.social 
BankTrack @banktrack.bsky.social Challenging commercial banks to urgently and decisively address their impact on #climatechange, #nature collapse and #humanrights.
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TerryTempestWilliams @tempestwilliams.bsky.social Writer
📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social Senior Director of Editorial Services at Watershed Analytics
Former Energy/Mining Journalist and Podcast Host
Thoughts land here occasionally: moistcargoshorts.substack.com
David N. Cicilline @davidcicilline.bsky.social President & CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, Former Member of Congress & Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
Tom Philpott @tomphilpott.bsky.social Research associate at the Center for a Liveable Future at JHU in Baltimore. Author of Perilous Bounty. Former food politics writer for Mother Jones (2011-2022) and Grist (2006-2011) 
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy @cleanenergy.org SACE promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to address climate change and ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.
Appalshop @appalshop.bsky.social Making art and media in the mountains since 1969.
Press inquiries to press@appalshop.org.
linktr.ee/appalshop
www.appalshop.org