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Category Archives: ecology

Review: Marijuana Promising for Insomnia

December 11, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

Science supports personal, anecdotal testimony about marijuana’s medical value LENOIR, N.C. — The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is reporting that forms of marijuana can help […]

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Agriculture, ecology, Health Care, science & tech

Good Trouble

October 9, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

Editor’s note: This is our second essay from Mara Eve Robbins. You can read the first, “Outrage Fatigue,” here. We’re pleased to offer our readers her unique, blessedly subversive insider’s […]

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Coronavirus 2020, ecology, gov't & politics, Health Care, news, opinion

Dominion and Duke Abandon the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

July 9, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

What does it mean for our water? By Kathleen Tyner and Autumn Crowe Editor’s note: This article was first published by West Virginia Rivers on July 7, 2020. This is […]

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analysis, ecology, gov't & politics

‘Pray and Delay’ v. Dominion, Duke

July 7, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

Opponents force energy giants to wave the white flag on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline  By Michael M. Barrick ‘Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes […]

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ecology, gov't & politics

The Deceived ‘god’

July 6, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

A poem dedicated to Dominion Resources By Michael M. Barrick Note: This poem is dedicated to Dominion Resources. Originally published in January 2015, I am re-publishing it today to commemorate […]

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ecology, gov't & politics, news, poetry, science & tech

Earth Day Wisdom from a West Virginia Teenager

April 22, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

JUNIOR AT POCAHONTAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WINS EIGHT RIVERS COUNCIL ESSAY CONTEST Editor’s note: Since it is the youngest among us that have the most to lose if we do […]

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ecology, education

The First Earth Day

April 21, 2020by Michael M. Barrick

It was a big deal to me then and still is I celebrated the first Earth Day — April 22, 1970 — while an eighth-grader at St. Mary’s Catholic School […]

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ecology

Hemp Finds a Home

March 1, 2020by Michael M. Barrick 2 Comments

A hempcrete house high in the mountains of West Virginia demonstrates that industrial hemp is a viable alternative for homebuilders Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 […]

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Agriculture, ecology, news

N.C. Hemp Farmers Face Uncertain Year

February 29, 2020by Michael M. Barrick 2 Comments

Proposed federal changes have sown confusion  Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 edition of Appalachian Voices. This is part two of a three-part story. Parts 1 […]

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Agriculture, ecology, news

Betting the Farm on a “Wild West” Hemp Economy in Appalachia

February 28, 2020by Michael M. Barrick 2 Comments

Ever-changing laws and regulations, a saturated CBD market and high operating costs are stressing the region’s industrial hemp farmers Kris Gupton and his wife Heather Bryant have grown hemp in […]

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Agriculture, ecology

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