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Thoughts from our president
February continued the onslaught of freezing temperatures and strong winds (causing wind chills to drop below zero), along with snowstorm after snowstorm blanketing most of the highlands…
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Corridor H’s Construction Company Facing Fines
By John McFerrin From the project’s beginning the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has opposed Corridor H. Even when it was only an idea–with nothing on…
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Untapped Resource – a Hiker/Outdoor User Voluntary Fee
By Linda Cooper Hikers, skiers, campers, RVers, photographers, bird watchers, canoeist and kayakers, plant collectors/ florists, rock climbers, horseback riders, cavers, festival goers, they…
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Law School (in a nutshell)
Law schools routinely enthrall (or bore) students with a course called Administrative Law. In the part where they talk about how regulations get made, the lesson is that…
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POTUS Reviewing WOTUS?
By John McFerrin President Joe Biden (President of the United States, or POTUS) has directed that the Environmental Protection Agency review the Waters of…
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Bad News (but some hope) for Birds
By John McFerrin On its way out the door the departing administration has taken one final shot (metaphorically speaking) at migratory birds. It has made…
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Ongoing Pursuit of Selenium Cleanup
By Cindy Rank Responding to another in what seems to be a never-ending number of coal mines that continue to pollute streams throughout the…
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What is West Virginia’s Energy Future?
By John McFerrin “Coal, is West Virginia”, or so goes the radio jingle that the Friends of Coal sponsors. The tune that goes with it…
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Free Market Conservatives of the World, Unite!
Whenever anybody says anything about solar power, climate change, and the like, the first thoughts of many run to stereotypes about squishy liberals, not living in the…
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West Virginia Legislature Convenes February 10th
By Frank Young The 2021 legislative session is just around the corner, and we have our work cut out for us. The West Virginia…
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