Posts Tagged ‘drinking water’
McDowell County residents sue coal company for clean water
Residents of the city of Gary filed a lawsuit in federal court late yesterday against Taishan Coal LLC and Taishan Resources LLC seeking to force the coal mining and processing company to provide a replacement drinking water source for the community because it has polluted the city’s current water supply.
Read MoreHouse appropriations committee rejects amendment to fund West Virginia water needs
An amendment by U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., to fund improvements to drinking water infrastructure in West Virginia failed during an Appropriations Committee meeting.
Read MoreHouse Appropriations Subcommittee declines to fund Southern West Virginia water needs in draft funding bill
Today, the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee released its draft funding bill for Fiscal Year 2027, which did not include $250 million in funding for drinking and wastewater infrastructure improvements in West Virginia.
Read MoreClean water is overdue in West Virginia’s coal country!
Advocates met with congressional staff on Capitol Hill last week to ask for vital water infrastructure investments in West Virginia. Sen. Capito and Rep. Moore are key parts of the process.
Read MoreWater advocates and lawmakers urge Congress to appropriate funds to address legacy water issues in West Virginia
Nearly 40 organizations and nine bipartisan West Virginia state lawmakers sent a letter to congressional appropriators requesting $250 million in targeted funding to address water quality in the state. The organizations wrote this letter after working with congressional offices to get language submitted to the House Appropriations Committee.
Read MoreHow McDowell County, West Virginia, is Addressing its Decades-old Water Problems
Federal funding and an innovative nonprofit program are key resources McDowell County, West Virginia is using to correct its decades-old problem with access to clean drinking water.
Read MoreBeginning of the end of N.C.’s coal ash crisis
North Carolinians have won a major victory with the announcement that Duke Energy would remove coal ash from its remaining sites. Appalachian Voices is proud to have worked side-by-side with the people who fought so hard, for so long to defend their communities.
Read MoreWest Virginia Drops Drinking Water Protections
A state legislative committee accepted an industry group’s last-minute amendment to state drinking water standards dictating safe pollutant levels.
Read More(Un)Well Water
Melissa and Chauncy Easterling first discovered that something was wrong with the well water that fed their Jolo, W.Va., home in late 2016. Neither they nor their local health department could pinpoint the cause. “It had a real strong odor to it, and then it started looking kind of red, like it was rusty,” Melissa…
Read MoreWater Systems: The Invisible Infrastructure
Most Americans don’t think twice about the ability to turn on a tap and have clean, safe water pour out. “Water is something we take for granted,” says Glenn Barnes, associate director of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina School of Government. “We just assume we’re going to turn on the…
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