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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin The Board meeting itself was mundane—some business stuff along with some reports on ongoing controversies. The more significant part was in the previous day’s discussion on the…
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Department of Environmental Protection Makes Pipeline Website
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has established a web site containing information about the five major proposed or under construction natural gas pipeline. The five pipelines that…
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New Farm Bill Could Damage Public Lands
The farm bill is, as usual, enormous. The recently introduced Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 will set agricultural policy for the United States. It includes provisions on commodities,…
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Tree Sitters Hindering Pipeline
A company that builds fracked-gas pipelines is demanding the arrest of 61-year-old Theresa “Red” Terry and her daughter for trespassing — on their own property in the Blue Ridge…
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Community Organizing Summit Leaves Participants Warmed and Strengthened
By Cindy Ellis The registration desk was loaded with vases of daffodils from Roane County as attendees arrived in early April for our co-hosted event, a “Community Organizing Summit”, at…
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GAO Says Get Rid of Self Bonding
By John McFerrin The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that Congress consider amending the Surface Mining Coal and Reclamation Act to eliminate the use of self bonding as…
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A Message from Our President
By Larry Thomas Spring has arrived in our mountains. As winter fades away, driving along one finds evidence of the different stages of the transition. While in some areas the…
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A “Fix” for the Forest Service
By Hugh Rogers “I never think it is a good deal when the Democrats get money and the Republicans get to change the environmental laws.” So Brett Hartl, of the…
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Curbing our Appetite for Plastics
By Jackie Burns Earth Day theme and campaign The 48thannual earth day is fast approaching. The theme this year is “ending plastic pollution.” Why are these seemingly stable polymers a problem? And…
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Virginia Board Confirms: Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Could Cost Virginians up to $2.3 billion
Virginia’s top economic watchdog has validated expert analysis showing that Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline could cost Virginia ratepayers up to $2.3 billion, refuting Dominion’s faulty claims that…
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