Posts Tagged ‘West Virginia’
West Virginia groups urge Gov. Morrisey, Attorney General McCuskey to defend WV’s Solar for All program award
Today, a dozen West Virginia companies and organizations sent a letter to the offices of Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General J.B. McCuskey to call on them to push back on the Trump administration’s cancellation of a vital energy affordability program.
Read MoreSouth Fork Coal says it will liquidate rather than restructure in bankruptcy filing
White Forest Resources, the parent company of South Fork Coal Company, announced that its bankruptcy would end in liquidation rather than restructuring. South Fork Coal has a history of more than 140 environmental violations at its mining complex near Richwood, West Virginia.
Read MoreCANCELED: Justice family coal company must explain to regulators why mountaintop removal mining permit should not be revoked
A coal company owned and operated by the family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., will need to explain why its permit for a large mountaintop removal mining operation known as the Poca mine shouldn’t be revoked.
Read More‘Nobody Is Coming to Save Us:’ Building McDowell County, West Virginia, After February Floods
Before Feb. 15, the worst floods to hit the town of Welch in McDowell County, West Virginia, were in 1977, followed by 2001 and 2002.
Read MoreNeighbors Helping Neighbors
Mutual aid projects foster community and solidarity and build a shared understanding of why people don’t already have what they need. These networks are growing across Appalachia in response to disasters.
Read MoreCitizen Air Monitoring Network Grows Stronger in West Virginia’s ‘Chemical Valley’
Citizen air monitoring network efforts are giving Appalachians more information about the air they breathe in West Virginia’s “Chemical Valley.”
Read MoreResearch On Larry Gibson Dedicated To The West Virginia & Regional History Center
Marybeth Lorbiecki compiled 1,283 pages of research to produce a biography on Larry Gibson that was officially transferred in March to the West Virginia & Regional History Center at West Virginia University. Her research chronicles Gibson’s rise from an unknown working-class man into the international star he’d become for environmental activists.
Read MoreGroups urge Sens. Capito, Justice to protect West Virginians, vote against harmful cuts to health programs and energy tax credits
Multiple groups held a press conference calling on Sens. Jim Justice, (R-W.Va.) and Shelley Moore Capito to stand up and protect their constituents over out-of-state billionaires.
Read MoreGroups speak out about federal bill that would cut healthcare and raise energy prices in West Virginia
Next Tuesday, West Virginia groups will host an in-person press conference to speak on the negative impacts of the reconciliation bill, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Read MoreFederal court clears path for legal challenges to coal-hauling in Monongahela National Forest
A federal judge in Delaware ruled Tuesday in favor of two motions filed by conservation groups, allowing key legal and administrative actions to move forward to protect portions of the Monongahela National Forest from mining activities by South Fork Coal Company
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