Addressing climate change in West Virginia
by: Abigail Lawhead Posted: Jun 28, 2019 / 04:51 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 28, 2019 / 07:45 PM EDT MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – According to the West Virginia Center of Climate Change (WV3C), the...
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Trump administration proposes overhaul on environmental regulations managing federal forests
By Rebecca Beitsch – 06/12/19 04:18 PM EDT A new proposed rule from the U.S. Forest Service designed to make environmental reviews more efficient would shortcut important oversight of industry plans, environmentalists say. The rule...
Panther Ridge Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project Raises Concerns
The attached Panther Ridge Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project includes a timber project north of Blue Bend near Auto with many tributary streams on the project area that flow into the Greenbrier River. The project...
Salem, VA Local Protest Bank with ties to MVP Developers
By Brooke Williams, VirginiaFirst.co Local residents are putting their money where their mouth is. They say they’re withdrawing funds from banks with ties to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s developers. “I’m seriously thinking about moving...
How eminent domain is blighting farmers in path of gas pipeline
By Micheal Sainato; The GuadianMay 28, 2019 Compulsory purchase – or the threat of it – of property on the route of a pipeline for fracked natural gas has left a slew of grievances...
How the West Virginia coal industry changed federal endangered species policy
By Juliet Eilperin May 10 LENORE, W.Va. — Donna Branham was grilling steaks in her backyard when she felt the tremors. She was two miles away from the coal mine, but she could feel...
Thanks to the Greenbrier River Fly Fishing Classic for Donation
Our thanks to the Greenbrier River Fly Fishing Classic for it’s $1000 donation to the Greenbrier Watershed last week. Donations also included $1000 to Greenbrier County Youth Camp and $3000 to Project Healing Waters...
Mountain Valley agrees to pay $266,000 for pollution problems in W.Va.
By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack@roanoke.com 981-3239 May 14, 2019 Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have agreed to pay a fine of nearly $266,000 for violating environmental regulations in West Virginia. The agreement, outlined in...
Lewisburg seeks water rate increase to fund improvements
By Haley Brown WVVA LEWISBURG, WV (WVVA) Water rates for residents in Lewisburg may soon be increasing to fund a $36.5 million revamp of the current water system. Plans for the “Waterworks System Improvement...
WV Wildlife: Buffalo Creek Recovery
By Brad Rice, Brandon Stover MAN, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — Almost fifty years later, the scars and heartache still remain across the Southern Coalfields of West Virginia. On the morning of February 26, 1972, a...
W.Va. DEP Changes State-Imposed Regs for Stream Crossing Permits
By Brittany Patterson WV Public Broadcasting West Virginia environmental regulators have changed a series of state-imposed conditions to federal permits issued for stream crossings for natural gas pipelines and other federal projects approved by...
