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Time to Comment to Protect Wetlands, Headwater Streams
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering changing the rules under the Clean Water Act. Now it is asking what the public to comment on proposed changes. The […]
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Forest Service Pours Cold Water on Big Run Pump Storage Project in Tucker County West Virginia
By Randy Kesling FreedomWorkd LLC has submitted a proposal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a Pump Storage Hydro Project (Project) In Tucker county. The Project would cover […]
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Thoughts from our president
March was again another busy month for the environmental community both federally and within West Virginia. New Study Details the Increasing Risks of the ACP “The ACP is facing a […]
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Legislature Make Little Progress on Environmental Issues
By Frank Young For 75 days–including for one week prior to and a week following the end of the recent 60 day regular session of the WV legislature–lobbyists for the […]
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By Marion Harless, West Virginian “Well,” they said. “We’ll put it there. There’s nothing there.” Sowbugs and spiders, Salamanders and song sparrows. Solomon’s seal, spignet, Sambucus. Skunks and skinks. Sanicle, […]
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Enerblu Cancels Plan to Build factory on Mountaintop Removal Mine Site in Kentucky
By Dave Cooper I was saddened to read in the February 6 Lexington Herald-Leader that the Enerblu battery plant project proposed for Pikeville in eastern Kentucky has fallen through. In […]
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Dave Saville Saves the World*
A new study suggests that trees are our most powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. Massive restoration of the world’s forests would cancel out a decade of carbon […]
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Previews of Coming Attractions
There was a lot of activity at the West Virginia Legislature. The end of the session is only about a week away. Everything is changing so quickly that nothing written […]
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Court Refuses to Rehear Pipeline Case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has refused to rehear the case which disapproved of authorizations the Atlantic Coast Pipeline had received to cross the Appalachian […]
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EPA Proposes New Rule Limiting Its Oversight
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with three hundred other organizations in opposing a proposal by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reduce its oversight […]
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