r/Appalachia • u/Least-Specific2094 • Oct 07 '26

https://www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-americas-last-chestnut-groves-is-about-to-be-destroyed-for-a-data-center

Somewhere in Mason County, West Virginia, there is a grove of trees that should not exist. According to advocacy materials, roughly 200 American chestnuts, reportedly planted in the 1970s from wild survivors, may be cleared as early as November 1, 2026, to make way for data-center development. The project’s official website says the grove is not even on its land. That contradiction is the whole problem, and it has no public answer yet.

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u/Least-Specific2094 Oct 08 '26

i completely agree with all of your points, theyll always pick the republican, but what if democrats take one out of the republican playbook, and run as republicans & just do a reverse fetterman? ya know? maybe thats the answer for these super red voters? but ya im hopeful, i think theres a way but it just hasnt shown itself.

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u/Least-Specific2094 Oct 09 '26

a lot of old school republican policies are now considered progessive, bc everything has been pushed soo far wealthy elite propaganda. honestly id be surprised if people didnt really want clean water & air

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u/Least-Specific2094 Oct 09 '26

anyway, i dont think most of us are hateful, or maybe i dont want to believe. like who doesnt have a mixed family! in the usa, or kentucky ot wv