The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to redefine an important part of the Clean Water Act, which protects headwater streams and wetlands. The rule the Trump Administration is proposing to redefine is called “waters of...
By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack@roanoke.com Apr 4, 2019 ELLISTON — The 212th day was a lot like the first, which for foes of the Mountain Valley Pipeline was a good thing. Since Sept. 5, 2018,...
Action Alert: Comment On Pipeline Stream Crossing Permit by 3/4 WVDEP is proposing to change requirements for an important permit that regulates pipeline construction activities in streams and wetlands. The WVDEP agreed to permit...
By DENISE LAVOIE – Associated Press | Posted: Mon 9:03 PM, Feb 25, 2019 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request to reconsider a ruling throwing out a permit for...
By Admir Celovic – Mark Iden Pipeline Technology Journal Legal environmental challenges have delayed the construction of Dominion Energy’s $7.5 billion, 1000-km natural gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The pipeline would run from West Virginia...
Action Alert! West Virginia Environmental Council Feb 4, 2019 HB 2589, (A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §24-2-20, relating to siting...
By Lawrence Hammack Roanoke Times Crews building the Mountain Valley Pipeline may have violated civil and criminal laws by continuing construction in streams and wetlands after a permit was suspended, two Roanoke attorneys say...
By Karl and Michelle Teel Jan 4, 2019 Recreation News Now in its 33rd year, the Great Greenbrier River Race is, well, even greater. Held the last Saturday in April, this year’s event...
SOME LINKS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH THE 2019 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE SESSION http://wvrivers.org/2019/01/policynews1-2/ http://wvrivers.org/2019/01/wqs2/ https://wvecouncil.org/ http://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/roster.cfm http://www.wvlegislature.gov/committees/house/main.cfm http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Senate1/roster.cfm http://www.wvlegislature.gov/committees/senate/main.cfm
Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Pocahontas Times Growing up in Pocahontas County where there is a state park around nearly every corner, it’s easy to fall under the spell of nature and all it has...
The 33rd Great Greenbrier River Race will be on April 27, 2019 The 33rd annual Great Greenbrier River Race is held the last Saturday in April each year in Marlinton, WV. With great prizes,...
