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