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West Virginians asked to foot the bill for Virginia’s data center boom
By Olivia Miller, Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginians are being asked once again to sacrifice their farmland, their mountains, and their…
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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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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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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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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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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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Thoughts from our President
Daylight is getting shorter, the leaves are turning, and the first frosts are already settling into Canaan Valley. Autumn is a season of change, and just as…
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DEP approves Fundamental Data air permit despite massive public opposition
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The fight against the proposed Fundamental Data natural gas power plant in Tucker County continues. The primary…
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