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Legislative updates regarding data centers and clean water, air, and energy policies
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy By publication date, the West Virginia legislative session (also known as the “Bad Idea Factory”) will be…
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Garbage Wars 2.0: More false promises of economic development in West Virginia
By Morgan King, West Virginia Watch You may have heard of the “garbage wars” of the late 1980s and early 1990s and think of…
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Thoughts from our President
Old Man Winter is giving us a run for our money this year. Snow and ice blanket Canaan Valley and we have recorded the lowest temperatures in…
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WV lawmakers approve changes to microgrid, data center rules; vote down public transparency measure
By Caity Coyne, West Virgina Watch After more than 900 public comments were submitted regarding proposed rules for how the West Virginia Department of…
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2026 Legislative priorities: A close look at data centers, HB2014 and the conservation of public and private lands
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The West Virginia Legislative session will kick off on Jan. 14, 2026, and as usual, the West…
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Attempts to undermine conservation easements may return in the 2026 legislative session
By Jocelyn Phares, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy A topic we may indirectly see revisited during the 2026 West Virginia legislative session is the regulation…
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Solar power at the Legislature? Probably not much
By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy There are a couple of issues concerning solar power that may arise during the 2026 legislative session:…
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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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2025 legislative wrap-up
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy What more can be said about the 87th West Virginia Legislative Session that has not already been…
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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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