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Congratulations to West Virginia’s 2017 River Hero
The River Network, a Colorado-based national nonprofit organization that supports local and statewide organizations involved in restoring and protecting rivers and streams, has named WV Rivers Coalition’s executive director Angie […]
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Knocking Off the Ridgetops
As part of its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion Resources intends to blast away, excavate, and partially remove entire ridgetops along 38 miles of Appalachian ridgelines as part of the […]
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Calendar of Events:
Wednesday, March 1: Public Comment Session for ACP pipeline draft EIS in Elkins, WV 5:00 – 9:00 pm, Gandy Dancer Theater, 359 Beverly Pike, Elkins, WV 26241. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21393847/DEIS%20Notice%20of%20Availability%2020161230-3005%2831865337%29.pdf Thursday, […]
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What is The Cost of Subsidies?
By Larry V. Thomas Senate Bill 16 (SB16), proposing to repeal West Virginia Code Section §11-6A-5a has been introduced in the legislature and is making its way through the House, […]
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Move Afoot to Weaken Water Quality Protections
The West Virginia Legislature is actively considering a bill (HB 2506) that would weaken West Virginia’s water quality protections. It would do two things. First, it would change how compliance […]
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West Virginia Lax in Stream Cleanup
By John McFerrin The United States District Court has ruled that West Virginia was lax in its duty to beginning cleaning up impaired streams and that the United States Environmental […]
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Insider View of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Marketing Machine
Each month in The Highlands Voice, and on our website, we offer for sale a variety of t-shirts, hats, etc. For the offerings in the Voice, we are fortunate to […]
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Going, Going, Gone
After fifteen years in the making, the “stream protection rule” lasted about a month in effect. According to the official press release, the new rule “updates 33-year old regulations and […]
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HIGH-RISK DRILLING THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE
By Rick Webb The Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition has submitted a report to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Atllantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and […]
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“Persistent Failures” Says Office of Surface Mining
By Cindy Rank In June 2013 eighteen state and national public interest groups including, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, filed a petition with the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSMRE) […]
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