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Katie Myers

Katie Myers

Katie Myers reports on climate in Appalachia through a partnership between Blue Ridge Public Radio in Asheville, North Carolina, and Grist. She previously served as a climate solutions fellow at Grist. She also reported with the Ohio Valley ReSource and WMMT 88.7 FM in Whitesburg. Her freelance work has appeared in the BBC, NPR, Belt Magazine and Scalawag Magazine, among others.

$500M from EPA will help nonprofit lenders power energy transition in rural Appalachia
By: - August 26, 2024

Entrepreneurs in Appalachia have ideas for renewable energy projects, but finding funding in rural and low-income areas can be challenging. A new initiative, the Green Bank for Rural America, could help channel funds to small, rural, nonprofit lenders to support projects like community solar arrays, apprenticeships in renewable energy fields and electrified public transit, just […]