Join the WV/VA Water Quality Monitoring Project for two free webinars on programs that use online interactive mapping systems to allow volunteers to identify water quality impacts from natural gas pipelines by viewing aerial photography. Pipeline CSI and Mountain Valley Watch are innovative programs developed to help...
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 the...
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, two...
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 the...
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 the...
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 into...
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 certain...
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 in...
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 is...
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
