Residents of Paden City, W.Va., have dealt with chemical water pollution since at least March 2019.
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Water Contamination in Paden City, W.Va.
TAGS: Paden City U.S. Environmental Protection Agency water contamination Water quality West Virginia
State Environmental Agencies See Cuts to Funding, Staffing
A recent report shows that the federal government and 30 states reduced funding for environmental agencies from 2008 to 2018.
TAGS: Environmental Integrity Project funding state environmental agencies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Chattanooga Creek Delisted from EPA Superfund List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency removed the Chattanooga Creek from its Superfund list in October.
Regional Coal Ash News: Toxic Cleanup, Legal Woes and EPA Changes
Over two dozen workers who helped clean up the December 2008 TVA coal ash disaster have died, and surviving workers and family members are suing. Duke Energy faces legal trouble for withholding dam safety information. The EPA is being challenged for retracting a 30-day public comment extension on coal ash guidelines.
Coal Plant Waste Standards Put on Hold by EPA and Other Shorts
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has stalled regulations that would prevent water pollution from coal power plants, a new study finds a link between natural gas fracking and increased infant mortality, and new drilling activities for the Rover Pipeline were put on hold after a massive spill into Ohio wetlands.
TAGS: executive order 57 fracking infant mortality rover pipeline spill U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Power Plan Court Case Delayed Until September
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has postponed hearing challenges to the federal Clean Power Plan until September. This plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is designed to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.
Clean Power Plan Clears Legal Hurdle
Challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan are now going through the legal system.
TAGS: Air Pollution carbon emissions clean power plan Climate change coal-fired power plants Environmental Protection Agency EPA President Obama U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Communities Pursue Revitalization Plans
By Carvan Craft Convenient access to local food can be a rare commodity in rural communities. Thanks to the Appalachian Livable Communities grant program, founded in 2012, five Appalachian communities will receive a shared total of $375,000 to help make…
TAGS: Agriculture appalachia Cherokee Foothills Kentucky Local food North Carolina Politics U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Environmental Protection Agency West Virginia
Court to EPA: Get Moving on Coal Ash!
Last week, a federal judge agreed with environmental and public health groups that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to set federal regulations for the safe and proper disposal of toxic coal ash. The court order is a step forward…
Bills on the Hill
A Look at Environmental Happenings in Congress The Good Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act ( S. 805 / H.R. 1373): Introduced for the fourth time by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) since 29 miners were killed in the 2010…
TAGS: "Dirty Water Act" 2013 Farm Bill Clean Water Act Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act Coal Jobs Protection Act Coal Mine Safety Act Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act EPA Fair Play Act House Committee on Energy and Commerce Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act Representative David McKinley Representative John Mica Representative Shelley Moore Capito Rural Energy Savings Program Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Senator Jay Rockefeller Senator Joe Manchin Senator Mitch McConnell Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Supply Star U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Upper Big Branch mine disaster
