Matt Wasson

Appalachian Voices

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Program Director for Appalachian Voices, an environmental nonprofit focused on protecting natural resources of the central and south Appalachia and on reducing coal's impact on the region

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Last Thursday, water from West Virginia's Elk River began to smell like licorice.

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Last Thursday, water from West Virginia's Elk River began to smell like licorice.

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