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Monster “hellbenders” are lurking in West Virginia’s cleanest streams
By David Sibray, West Virginia Explorer Beneath the surface of clean-flowing streams in West Virginia, a multitude of strange creatures lurk, but none is perhaps more shocking to encounter than the hellbender. Also […]
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West Virginia isn’t ready for data centers
By Quenton King, West Virginia Watch In early December, news broke that lawmakers were asked to come to the Capitol for a special session to pass a bill. That legislation, which was never officially sponsored […]
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December/January Go North Alliance Newsletter: The year that was, and the year ahead
By Go North Alliance Some end-of-the-year news Finally, at the end of December, we got news from the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH): The new target date for the […]
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New year, same climate disasters and enemies of the environment
By Morgan King, West Virginia Watch The first week of 2025 brought extreme fire and ice across the United States. The West Coast is experiencing horrific wildfires and evacuating more than 100,000 people from […]
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How the U.S. got no old growth forest protections from the Biden Administration
By Dominick A. Dellasala, Mongabay Wikipedia defines a ‘nothing-burger’ as “a situation that receives a lot of attention but which, upon closer examination, reveals to be of little to no real significance.” That unfortunately […]
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Thoughts From Our President
By Marilyn Shoenfeld As I write this, the sun is rising over Canaan Valley, illuminating the little snow that is left. We have gone from 70 inches of snow to […]
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Carbon dioxide injection program approved over citizen objections
By John McFerrin The United States Environmental Protection Agency has approved West Virginia’s application as the primary agency for regulating Class VI injection wells for carbon dioxide. The driving force […]
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Conservation group asks nation’s top mine regulator to shut down illegal coal haul road in Monongahela National Forest
On Dec. 12, 11 conservation organizations urged the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to take immediate action to close an illegal coal haul road in the Monongahela […]
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Top mine regulator can and must halt illegal coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest
By Willie Dodson, Appalachian Voices There are few corners of West Virginia as beautiful as the Yew Mountains, a section of the Allegheny range in Greenbrier, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Webster […]
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Remembering Nick Zvegintzov, former Conservancy Vice President
By David Elkinton Nicholas Zvegintzov, a former Regional Vice President of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and anti-strip-mining activist, passed away on Jun. 3, 2024, in Staten Island, New York, […]
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