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USGS Designation Ignores Law, Groups Say Coal for Steel is Not Critical
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 6, 2025 Contact: Shannon Van Hoesen, Sierra Club, shannon.vanhoesen@sierraclub.org Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, olivia.miller@wvhighlands.org Ariana Criste, Industrious Labs, ariana@industriouslabs.org Andrew Young, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, ayoung@abralliance.org Emma Yip, Center…
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Tucker County residents seek transparency from WVDEP, Fundamental Data over air permit for Ridgeline power plant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 5, 2025CONTACT:Nikki Forester, Tucker United, tuckerunitedcomms@gmail.com, 703-966-3171Zina Raye, Tucker United, 703-579-7199Cris Parque, Tucker United, 917-386-8483Jim Kotcon, WV Sierra Club, jkotcon@gmail.com,…
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Groups appeal Air Quality Board ruling over Ridgeline power plant permit in Tucker County, seek transparency from WVDEP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 15, 2025 CONTACT: Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, olivia.miller@wvhighlands.org Nikki Forester, Tucker United, tuckerunitedcomms@gmail.com Judy Rodd, Friends of Blackwater, info@saveblackwater.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three citizen groups are continuing their efforts to uncover hidden…
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Tucker United invites community to informational meetings discussing Ridgeline Project and HB 2014
Tucker United invites residents, public officials, business owners, and interested individuals to attend one of two upcoming public meetings to discuss the proposed Ridgeline Project, House Bill 2014,…
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Permits for coal-hauling in Monongahela National Forest are terminated
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2025 CONTACT: Olivia Miller, Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, olivia.miller@wvhighlands.org Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, Appalachian Voices, dan@appvoices.org U.S. Forest Service terminated its authorization for bankrupt South Fork Coal…
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Advocates alarmed over Army Corps blanket ‘permission to pollute’ proposal in West Virginia
Huntington, W.Va. – Yesterday, Appalachian Mountain Advocates submitted comments on behalf of Appalachian Voices, Coal River Mountain Watch, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Center for Biological…
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WVHC, Sierra Club and Tucker United appeal Tucker County power plant permit
An air quality permit issued by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for Fundamental Data’s Ridgeline Facility ran into a roadblock when three citizen groups appealed…
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West Virginia issues new round of violations against South Fork Coal Company
By Willie Dodson, Appalachian Voices Bankrupt company’s idled mines continue to cause problems for the Cherry River South Fork Coal Company may be gone (more or less) from the…
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