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Proposed Clean Water Act changes could strip protections from 80% of wetlands, 5 million stream miles
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Clean water protections in the United States are facing one of the most serious threats in decades….
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Decades without clean water: How the Coalfield Clean Water Act aims to address southern West Virginia’s water crisis
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Residents in southern West Virginia’s coalfield counties have lived for decades without reliable access to clean drinking…
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What’s the big deal about data centers? Here’s what West Virginians need to know.
By Sarah Elbeshbishi, Mountain State Spotlight Gov. Patrick Morrisey has made attracting data center developments a key component of his economic development strategy. Lawmakers…
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11 years after WV chemical spill, advocates speak out against bill to rollback water protections
By Caity Coyne, West Virginia Watch London Donahoe, a sophomore at Huntington High School, said he was 6 years old when the 2014 Elk…
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Monster “hellbenders” are lurking in West Virginia’s cleanest streams
By David Sibray, West Virginia Explorer Beneath the surface of clean-flowing streams in West Virginia, a multitude of strange creatures lurk, but none is…
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Carbon dioxide injection program approved over citizen objections
By John McFerrin The United States Environmental Protection Agency has approved West Virginia’s application as the primary agency for regulating Class VI injection wells…
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Bottled water vs. tap: Which is best for you and the planet?
By Judith Humble, Kentucky Sierra Club In March of 2017, the Beverage Marketing Corporation, an industry consulting firm, announced that the United States has…
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