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Thoughts from our president
July has been an exciting month for the West Virginia highlands and various projects that WVHC has been working on for so long. As we say on…
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline in the Rearview Mirror
By Lewis Freeman, Executive Director, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, partners in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project, announced on July…
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The Good Gets Better
The April, 2020, issue of The Highlands Voice celebrated the passage of Senate Bill 583. It would further the development of renewable energy resources by allowing the state’s utility companies…
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A Fond Remembrance
For some while I’ve considered jotting down stories from those early days of organizing West Virginia Highlands Conservancy — often around the table in Pittsburgh Climbers’ rented…
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Revelations
There is a white skein of fungus fast enveloping in its many tendriled way the…
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Thinking about the Economics of Petrochemicals
By John McFerrin One of the clichés of our public policy has long been that we have to “balance” the environmental and social costs…
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West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited Report on Pipelines
By John McFerrin West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina are thick with rivers and streams. More and more, they are (or are proposed to be)…
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Delay for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, co-owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, have asked federal regulators for a two year extension. They now say the 600 mile pipeline will…
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Changes Coming to the National Forests
By John McFerrin Many, many years ago a coal operator in eastern Kentucky was quoted as saying, “Green? You want green, we’ll just take all…
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More Threats (and a little hope) for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
By John McFerrin The April, 2020, issue of The Highlands Voice included a story about threats to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Those threats continue to grind…
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