A partial summary of President Donald Trump’s and his administration’s established track record of reducing environmental protections.
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The Trump Administration’s Environmental Record
TAGS: Affordable Clean Energy clean power plan Clean Water Act Environmental Regulations EPA paris climate agreement Trump administration
Advocacy groups sue multiple coal facilities for water violations
CONTACTS: Erin Savage, Appalachian Voices Central Appalachian Program Manager, erin@appvoices.org, 206-769-8286 August 7, 2019 Charleston, W.Va. — A coalition of West Virginian advocacy groups including the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Appalachian Voices, and the Sierra…
West Virginia groups take legal action to halt water quality violations at 15 coal facilities
CONTACTS: Erin Savage, Appalachian Voices Central Appalachian Program Manager, erin@appvoices.org, 206-769-8286 Alex Amend, Sierra Club Eastern Regional Communications Manager, alex.amend@sierraclub.org, 404-457-8937 CHARLESTON, WV — A coalition of West Virginian advocacy groups including the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the West Virginia…
Legal Challenges Against Pipelines Heat Up
Federal and state courts alike have partially halted the construction of fracked gas pipelines across the region as cases are decided and permits are reevaluated.
TAGS: acp Atlantic Coast Pipeline Clean Water Act Dominion Energy FERC Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals mountain valley pipeline Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline mvp protests
House Version of Farm Bill Guts Environmental Protections
The U.S. House of Representative’s version of the 2018 Omnibus Farm Bill would roll back protections for endangered species, water and public lands.
TAGS: Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Farm Bill omnibus farm bill U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
With your help, Virginia legislation can protect our water from pipelines
We’ve resisted the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines for more than three years. Now Virginia lawmakers need to hear our voices to ensure that legislation to better protect landowners and water resources from fracked-gas pipelines becomes law.
Federal Agency Approves Dam Projects Over Objections
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued licenses for two West Virginia hydropower projects in September despite concerns from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
Massive mountaintop removal mine threatens Clearfork Valley
The Clearfork Valley of Tennessee has been intensely surface-mined going back decades. Now, Kopper Glo Mining is moving forward with a nearly 1,500-acre mountaintop removal mine on nearby Cooper Ridge.
TAGS: appalachia Clean Water Act Coal Coal mining Environment Health Mountaintop Removal Tennessee Water Pollution
The fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is not over
As expected, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently gave a glowing review to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, overlooking the threats to wetlands, forest, drinking waters and indigenous populations along the pipeline’s proposed route.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Clean Water Act Duke Energy Electric Utilities Environment Natural Gas North Carolina Water Pollution
Coal slurry spill in West Virginia linked to Alpha Natural Resources affiliate
A coal slurry spill on March 23, 2017, leaked approximately 5,400 gallons of coal slurry into Crooked Run, a tributary of the Coal River. The processing plant in Boone County, W.Va., where the spill originated is affiliated with Alpha Natural Resources.
