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Groups Appeal Decision on Mountain Valley Pipeline Extension
The developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have requested, and received, an extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of the time limit to complete construction.
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Details on the Electric Vehicles Tax Credits
Currently, the tax credit for electric vehicles (EVs) is limited to the first 200,000 customers for each car manufacturer. Tesla and General Motors have already reached that…
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Groups Sue Mine Over Ongoing Pollution
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the Kanawha Forest Coalition and Appalachian Voices in a suit against Keystone West…
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Whip-poor-wills make synchronized trip south
Using GPS tags attached to Eastern Whip-poor-wills, researchers discovered that birds from across the Midwest all traveled a similar migratory path and moved at nearly the same…
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Thoughts from our president
It’s October and Mother Nature is very busy with the annual coloring of the leaves. Driving through the mountains, it is very evident witnessing the annual transformation…
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Off Road Vehicles in State Parks? No Way!
By Luanne McGovern Interim sessions of the West Virginia Legislature are usually pretty humdrum affairs, but this was not the case with the September…
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And So I Weed
By Jackie Burns It’s August. In Canaan Valley that means it is time for pulling out Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) so that it doesn’t become…
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Watoga Old-Growth Forest Exploration Outing
By Larry Thomas As Cory and I mentioned in the August Highlands Voice, the Conservancy has revived the outings, with three of the four…
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Mushroom Meander: Another Successful Outing
By Cory Chase The Highlands of West Virginia hold many treasures. One the most diverse–and least understood–is the world of fungi. Modern research is…
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Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update
By Dave Johnston During August the Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards were all about seeking solitude (or lack thereof) and finding campsites, without staying in…
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