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 that...
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 be...
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 laurel...
Hannah Northey, E&E News reporter While President Trump has vowed to dismantle his predecessor’s climate legacy, federal energy regulators rolled out a guidance this week calling for developers of natural gas pipelines to assess their...
On behalf of all West Virginians, I challenge you to serve the people, not your cronies in the fossil fuel industry By S. Tom Bond Dear Governor Justice and Secretary Caperton: How is the air...
By Ken Ward Charleston Gazette A bill that would allow more pollution to be discharged into West Virginia’s rivers and streams was approved Wednesday afternoon by the House of Delegates Judiciary Committee, giving industry officials...
West Virginia Rivers Coalition This week we expect to see a bill introduced that would rollback portions of the Aboveground Storage Tank Act (ASTA). Members of both the WV House and Senate have publicly spoken...
By Evan Hansen and Jennifer Newland With West Virginia’s budget deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars each year and jobs so scarce, new economic development approaches are needed. A strategic partnership between Downstream...
Senator Blair Introduces Bill That Would Allow Pipeline Companies to Survey Without Permission of Landowner Mountaineer Gas wants to send its pipeline right through David Kerns’ family farm in Morgan County just east of...
Today a federal judge ordered EPA to act within 30 days in light of the failure by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (“WVDEP”) to comply with the Clean Water Act. In a case...
