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How Stands the Atlantic Coast Pipeline?
If it seems as if there has not been much going on with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) lately, it is because there hasn’t. Construction activities on the Atlantic Coast […]
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Opposing Narrowing Clean Water Protections
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, along with the West Virginia Rivers Coalition and several other groups, has commented on the latest proposal to restrict the coverage of […]
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Stalking the Stream Critters, aka “Benthic Macroinvertebrates”
By Cindy Ellis Recently I joined volunteers who wanted to know more about living beings in West Virginia’s waterways. Fifteen of us gathered on the banks of Davis Creek in […]
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Thoughts from our president
The mountains received some severe windy and rainy weather during March and April. Driving through the mountain’s unpaved roads you can see the evidence in the form of numerous potholes, […]
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Big Run Pump Storage Project Appears to be Dead
Last month Randy Kesling updated you on the continuing saga of the pump storage project proposed by FreedomWorks, LLC for the Big Run area of Tucker County. You may recall that […]
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Our Readers Write
Dear Editor: Do you remember the 2010, British Petroleum disaster in the Gulf of Mexico? This is the spill that fouled beaches as far as Florida and ruined Gulf Coast […]
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Nurdles and Crackers and More, Oh My!
By Cynthia D. Ellis In the mountains of West Virginia, we have concerns about the mega-pipelines that are proposed and progressing across private and public lands. But we must not […]
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World Water Day—a Reflection
March 22 was World Water Day. West Virginia Highlands Conservancy member Buff Rodman happened to be in Mexico and offered this reflection: It’s World Water Day. I am in Mexico […]
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Modern Jobs Act Can’t Get off the Ground
By John McFerrin In spite of its catchy nickname (The MOJO Act), the Modern Jobs Act did not make much progress during the 2019 session of the West Virginia Legislature. […]
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Briefing: Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Risk Upon Risk
Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. March 2019 The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), a proposed fracked gas pipeline owned by Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, and Southern Company, […]
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