March 2025

Chemical companies urge West Virginia lawmakers to roll back water protections – 3/4/2025, Mountain State Spotlight

WV House panel advances water quality rule change opening path to more pollutions – 3/4/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

WV Senate panel OKs DNR to lease spaces under state park lands for CO2 storage – 3/6/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

WV Rivers Coalition to provide $1000 for river cleanups – 3/7/2025, Coal Valley News

Full WV House to consider industry-backed measure to allow increased water pollution – 3/8/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

What lawmakers’ rollback of drinking water protections reveals about how the state regulates the chemical industry – 3/11/2025, Mountain State Spotlight

Hundreds of gas and oil tanks at risk of weaker oversight if WV Senate bill passes – 3/12/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

WV House overwhelmingly OKs industry-backed measure to allow increased water pollution – 3/13/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Amid flood-triggered water safety worries, WV lawmakers inviting more pollution – 3/17/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Tina Christian: Water quality bill affects everyone (opinion) – 3/18/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

With highest water violation rate in nation, Morrisey eyes NCAA more than polluters – 3/20/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

From reclassifying waterways to loosening inspections, lawmakers are chipping away at West Virginia’s clean water protections – 3/20/2025, Mountain State Spotlight

WV rollback would cover gas, oil tanks with release histories, millions in capacity – 3/24/2025, Charleston Gazette- Mail

‘They don’t want to hear what people have to say:’ How West Virginia’s Republican supermajority has limited public input – 3/24/2025, Mountain State Spotlight

Maggie Stange: A fast track to toxins in your tap water (opinion) – 3/25/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail

ACTION ALERT: Protect WV State Parks – Reject SB 627!