President Trump Signs Executive Order to Speed up Pipeline Construction

By John McFerrin On April 10, 2019, President Trump signed the Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth.  Its goal is to speed up the construction of oil…

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If Everybody Did

By John McFerrin One of the books of my youth was If Everybody Did.  It was a series pictures of behaviors followed by what would happen if everyone took the…

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Board Highlights

The spring Board meeting of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy was more informational than decisional.  We had the usual presentations on the status of the organization:  financial (not broke;…

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Strip Mines and Health

By John McFerrin There have been some developments of interest to those who are concerned that large strip mines might be making people sick. The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has long…

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Interior Department Must Do Environmental Assessment Before Leasing Coal on Public Lands

A United States District Court in Montana has ruled that the United States Departmental of the Interior acted illegally when it tried to lift a memorandum on leasing coal…

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Pump Storage: a Case Study

By Dave Cooper Recent articles in The Highlands Voiceabout the proposed Big Run Pump Storage project in Tucker County written by Kent Karriker and Randy Kesling have been both interesting…

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The Broad Form of the Company’s Deeds

(Grandad all you bought was the air)   .„and excepting and reserving all the coal and other minerals and other substances on, in,  and underlying said land together with the right of removing and taking away the…

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Big Fun on the Horizon!

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review will be Oct. 18-19-20, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Put it on your calendar now, in big letters, and plan to be there. …

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Questions Raised about Proposed Mine Safety Testing Facility

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) wants to build a facility that it could use for…

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Still in Need of Something to read?

The Central Appalachian Red Spruce Initiative.  (West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is a partner in CASRI) was an important part of a feature article in the Energy and Environment…

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