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Air Quality Board holds first hearing on power plant appeal
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Tucker United and the Sierra Club filed an appeal for the air…
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Highlands Conservancy members gather for 2025 Fall Review at Blackwater Falls
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy’s 2025 Fall Review brought together advocates, students, and community leaders for a…
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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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Despite public pushback, West Virginia approves air quality permits for data center energy campus in Mingo County
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Despite public outcry, state issues air quality permits for two off-grid power plants tied to world’s largest…
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Tourism to Southern WV’s three national park sites contributes 108.4 million to local economy – new report shows a 12% increase over 2023
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve News Release A new National Park Service report shows that 2,080,330 visitors to the three national park…
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New initiative launched to save five miles along the Gauley River
By Faye Wooden, Arc of Appalachia An organization that is relatively new to West Virginia is working to buy and preserve a 1,336-acre…
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Update on Fundamental Data and the Ridgeline Project
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Despite the outpouring of public concern and protest against issuing an air permit to the Ridgeline power plant project,…
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