HURRICANE HELENE: More than 1 million people are without power and at least three are dead as Hurricane Helene hits Florida, although it’s weakening into a tropical storm as it moves into Georgia. (Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution) ALSO: SOLAR: OIL & GAS: ELECTRIC VEHICLES: NUCLEAR: The Tennessee Valley Authority considers how to […]
Author Archives: Mason Adams
Mason has worked as a journalist since 2001, covering Appalachian communities and the issues that affect them. He compiles the Southeast Energy News digest. Mason previously worked as a wildlife biologist before moving into journalism by freelancing at Coast Weekly in Monterey, California, before taking an internship in 2001 at High Country News. He wrote for the Enterprise Mountaineer in western North Carolina and the Roanoke Times in western Virginia before going freelance in 2012. His work has appeared in Southerly, Daily Yonder, Mother Jones, Huffington Post, WVPB’s Inside Appalachia and elsewhere. Mason was born and raised in Clifton Forge, Virginia, and now lives with his family and a small herd of goats in Floyd County, Virginia.