Pyrite May Be Known as Fool's Gold, but It Actually Contains a Kind of Green Gold: Lithium
Massive deposits are present in the Lower 48, but this American lithium would still have to be extracted via environmentally harmful mining.
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Man Builds Cozy Treehouse to Post on AirBnB and Earns Enough to Quit His Job (LOOK)
It took him six months, but with the promise of a rent-seeking mini-retirement, he managed it all by himself.
Starbucks Workers Raise Over $40K for Beloved Barista After Her Car Was Burglarized
TODAY writes that she is looking at Subarus, all the while feeling the love that decades of serving coffee with a smile has accumulated.
A Paramedic Saved a Veteran's Life -And 7 Years Later Saved His Daughter, Too
Workers at the hospital said that in all their combined years of practicing medicine, they've never heard or seen of such a thing.
Ex-Coal Man Flips the Script By Rallying Appalachians to Plant 187 Million Trees on Abandoned Mines
Thanks to almost two decades of Patrick Angel's tireless work, Appalachia is recovering from coal mining and getting greener by the day.
Kindness in West Virginia: Police Give Traffic Violators Gift Cards Instead of Tickets
Traffic violators in Charleston, West Virginia got a holiday reprieve when the police department handed out gift cards, instead of tickets.
'Go build a snowman': School Superintendent Declares Virtual Snow Day, Melting our Hearts on Twitter
In Jefferson County, West Virginia, school superintendent Bondy Shay Gibson just declared a virtual snow day.
New York Trio Hauls Van Full of Clean Water to People in West Virginia
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the tap water for more than 300,000 people in West Virginia, and wanted to help. Angelina Sarro and her father, Frank, remembered the generosity of people who drove to their neighborhood of East Rockaway, New York after Superstorm Sandy bringing trucks loaded with water and food. Now they wanted to pay that kindness forward.
Woman Buys Renoir Masterpiece for $7 In West Virginia Flea Market
A Maryland woman didn't recognize the priceless painting when she bought it in a box of knick knacks for seven dollars in a West Virginia flea market. It turned out to be a 1879 Renoir, the impressionist masterpiece that's been missing since the 1920s, entitled Paysage Bords de Seine.
4-Yr-old Dreams of Taking Cop to Lunch for Her Birthday, See What He Did for Her
When a little girl wanted to take a police officer to lunch for her birthday, a local officer answered the call, and brought his own surprises, too.
Before They Went on Strike, Teachers Packed Lunches to Make Sure Kids Wouldn't Miss a Meal
West Virginia educators weren't about to go on strike without ensuring that their low-income students were taken care of first.
Bloomberg Gives $3Mil to Job Training For Coal Communities in Decline
Bloomberg announced today a $3 million donation for organizations providing career training to coal workers — and you can contribute, too.
Town's Compassionate Approach Cuts Rates of Overdose by More Than Half - State to Adopt It
In less than a year since they implemented their "compassion-based" followup initiative, this town is experiencing fewer overdoses than ever.
Appalachian Coal Miners Who Lost Their Jobs Are Being Retrained as Beekeepers - for Free
As a means of lifting former coal miners out of poverty, this West Virginia nonprofit is retraining them to be beekeepers.
Solar Power Reaches West Virginia Coalfields
A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week - a rooftop solar array, assembled by unemployed and underemployed coal miners and contractors.
Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering school system in a place where deprivation is layered on heartache. The AFT wants to improve education deep in the heart of Appalachia by simultaneously tackling the social and economic troubles of McDowell County.
This Yoga Class Leads Inmates to Find Freedom From Within
Yoga gives inmates in West Virginia prisons the mindfulness tools to help them cope and find freedom within.
First of its Kind in America: Plant Will Turn Trash Into Fuel in West Virginia
This plant will turn trash into coal replacement, reducing West Virginia CO2 emissions by 28,000 tons every year.
Bearded Walmart Shopper Is Mistaken for Santa, Plays Along For Tot (WATCH)
It was a few weeks before Christmas, when all through Walmart, a few creatures were stirring, but especially a little girl who thought she spotted Santa.
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