March 2021
Mountain Valley Pipeline threatens the Greenbrier River – 3/27/2021, The Register Herald
WV Senate passes DEP-backed bill weakening some water quality standards – 3/26/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Bill For Air, Water Quality Rules Clears Senate Judiciary Committee – 3/23/2021, WV Public Broadcasting
Bill that weakens some drinking water human health criteria clears Senate Judiciary – 3/22/2021, Dominion Post
Eric Engle: Water is life, except in WV (Opinion) – 3/22/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Senate Judiciary Committee moves water quality standard update closer to passage – 3/22/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
DEP considering Raleigh County surface mine application that has raised health concerns – 3/22/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Kevin Campbell: Manchin should chart new course for WV (Opinion) – 3/16/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Water utilities, state environmental regulators wary of bill that would relax oil and gas tank oversight – 3/15/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
WV House passes easing of water quality standards – 3/12/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Nonprofit working with Solar Holler to make solar panels more affordable for co-op members – 3/12/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
House approves rollback of state regulation of oil and gas tanks near water intakes – 3/10/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
House passes bill exempting tanks near water intakes – 3/10/2021, MetroNews
More environmental rollbacks moving through West Virginia’s Legislature – 3/8/2021, Mountain State Spotlight
House Judiciary public hearing on water quality rule draws 24 against DEP proposal, 8 in favor – 3/1/2021, Dominion Post
W.Va. House Judiciary Committee Holds First Public Hearing Of 2021 On Water Quality Bill – 3/1/2021, WV Public Broadcasting
House Judiciary Committee holds public hearing on state water quality standard update – 3/1/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
WV Bills to Relax Water Protections Seen as “Dangerous” – 3/1/2021, Public News Service
February 2021
Clean Water: The People Speak as WV Legislators Decline Hearings – 2/26/2021, Appalachian Chronicle
Dozens speak out against changes to tank bill at public hearing organized separate from Legislature – 2/26/2021, MetroNews
New report predicts power of investments in clean energy infrastructure in WV – 2/25/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Proposed rollback of WV oil and gas tank oversight to get closer look before advancing in House – 2/25/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
David Lillard: Industry can’t be bothered by responsibility (Opinion) – 2/23/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
House Energy OKs bill to remove 800-plus above-ground storage tanks from 2014 regulatory program – 2/23/2021, Dominion Post
House to consider exempting some tanks near community water supplies from inspection requirements – 2/23/2021, MetroNews
New W.Va. House Bill Offers Exemption For Oil, Gas Industry In Aboveground Storage Tank Act – 2/23/2021, WV Public Broadcasting
Energy and Manufacturing Committee advances rollback of oil and gas waste tank oversight to full House – 2/23/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
West Virginia lawmakers are limiting access because of COVID. Some critics say the rules have reduced citizen input. – 2/23/2021, Mountain State Spotlight
House committee to consider rollback of oil and gas waste tank oversight – 2/16/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
DEP budget worries loom over first week of legislative session – 2/16/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
As Legislature convenes, public won’t be where the public discourse is – 2/7/2021, MetroNews
Mountain Valley Pipeline faces $303,000 state fine for continued erosion, but pipeline opponents call for bigger penalty – 2/5/2021, Charleston Gazette-Mail
WV Office of Oil and Gas Short on Inspectors – 2/5/2021, MetroNews
DEP to cut more than third of its staff – 2/5/2021, Dominion Post
Lawmakers, Advocates Call To Fully Fund State Oil And Gas Regulator – 2/4/2021, WV Public Broadcasting
Mountain Valley Pipeline cited again for erosion and sedimentation violations – 2/4/2021, Roanoke Times
How Democrat Joe Manchin Might Sway The Power Of A Split Senate – 2/1/2021, NPR On Point Podcast
January 2021
Concerns over erosion impact of Mountain Valley Pipeline continue with project in limbo – 1/28/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Faced with yet another legal hurdle, Mountain Valley Pipeline changes water permit application approach – 1/26/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
One coal state senator holds the key to Biden’s ambitious climate agenda. And it’s not McConnell. – 1/25/2021, Washington Post
Safe Water Collaborative preserves thousands of acres to protect clean drinking water – 1/21/2021, The Journal
Justice names environmental protection chief from agency’s ranks, Harold Ward – 1/20/2020, MetroNews
Federal commission slows Mountain Valley Pipeline – 1/20/2021, Charleston Gazette Mail
Environmental groups set goals for legislative session – 1/17/2021, MetroNews
Atlantic Coast Pipeline restoration planned to start later in WV than other states – 1/6/2021, Charleston Gazette-Mail
