April 24, 2017 | 6:18 PM By Susan Phillips Fracking the Marcellus Shale did not pollute groundwater in northwestern West Virginia, but wastewater spills did contaminate surface water, according to a new study from...
Ken Ward Jr. , Staff Writer The state Department of Environmental Protection supports the House-passed legislation that would allow increased discharges of toxic chemicals into West Virginia rivers and streams, a top DEP officials...
FERC plans June release of final environmental statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline By Duncan Adams duncan.adams@roanoke.com 981-3324 Mar 31, 2017 The federal agency reviewing the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline announced Friday that it plans...
Pipeline plans heat up in W.Va. By FRED PACE Apr 2, 2017 HUNTINGTON – With growth of natural gas in West Virginia, there are a number of new pipeline projects proposed for the state,...
Gary P. Cooper, past president of Greenbrier River Watershed Association, dies March 10. August 30, 1933 – March 10, 2017 Born in York, Ala., to James Pettus and Mabel Clair Cooper (née Bennett), Gary...
Let’s be clear about what’s going on in WV right now. This legislative session seems laser-focused on answering the question of whether our government is going to enable corporations to sacrifice us or not....
Public News Service CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Bill 2506 – nicknamed the “Cancer Creek Bill” by its critics – passed the West Virginia House of Delegates last week, but not before a public outcry...
Thursday, the House Energy committee took up HB 2811, a bill that would further weaken the protections of the Aboveground Storage Tank Act (ASTA) by exempting more than two-thirds of the chemical storage tanks...
By Daniel Tyson; Register Herald Reporter LOWELL — Opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline was fierce Tuesday night as about 50 people gathered in this Summers County community, claiming the proposed pipeline would...
By: Eric Killelea In Virginia, where the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is crossed by more black bears and wild boars than humans, where the trail runs through hardwood forest, dark rhododendron thickets, and mountain...
