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May 2025
Trump’s EPA blocks effort to reduce toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in West Virginia – 5/7/2025, Mountain State Spotlight
EPA officials to make Charleston listening stop for plan to weaken water protections – 5/8/2025, Charleston Gazette Mail
DEP fights EPA axing $1M grant, telling EPA it blocked funding “vital” to clean water – 5/9/2025, Charleston Gazette Mail
‘Devastating’: Trump moves to undercut green energy, hobbling WV economic development – 5/12/2025, Charleston Gazette Mail
April 2025
WV House passes data centers bill feared to risk higher bills, ignore local input – 4/2/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail
In a rare move, the coal industry and environmental groups both opposed a bill defining ‘sound science’ – 4/2/2025, Mountain State Spotlight
Creek by Creek: A Grassroots Effort to Protect West Virginia’s Water – 4/4/2025, WOAY
WV Senate sends industry-backed move to allow increased water pollution to Governor – 4/5/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail
DEP to dispute EPA termination of $1 million grant to address toxic PFAS pollution – 4/12/2025, Charleston Gazett-Mail
WV environmental, industry advocates reflect on legislative session that favors coal – 4/17/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Another WV legislative session neglects flood resiliency fund amid slow recovery – 4/19/2025, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Tennessee law requires chemical regulations to be based on ‘best available science’ – 4/30/2025, Chemical Watch News
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
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Asks Court to Stop Chemours’ Releases of a Forever Chemical that Violate the Clean Water Act and Threaten Ohio River Drinking Water
February 2025
Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threat grows – 2/12/2025, NPR
State’s ‘forever chemicals’ litigation drags on through new lawsuit and viral Hollywood saga: ‘We have put up with this for 24 years’ – 2/15/2025, The Cool Down
The Climate Technology That Trump Wants to Expand – 2/19/2025, Newsweek
Southern WV residents demand lawmakers address ongoing water crisis – 2/25/2025, Public News Service
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Asks Court to Stop Chemours’ Releases of a Forever Chemical that Violate the Clean Water Act and Threaten Ohio River Drinking Water – 2/26/2025, Newsbreak
January 2025
Why the eastern hellbender is at risk and how you can help save it – 1/8/2025, WV Public Broadcasting
Notorious US chemical plant polluting water with toxic PFAS, lawsuit claims – 1/27/2025, The Guardian
West Virginia Rivers Coalition lawsuit alleges Chemours PFAS contamination continues – 1/28/2025 – WTAP
Decades of toxic pollution: New lawsuit targets Chemours for illegal PFAS dumping in West Virginia – 1/29/2025, Nation of Change
New Report Highlights Impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline on Streams and Wetlands in West Virginia
December 2024
Lawsuit filed over PFAS discharge from Chemours plant – 12/6/2024, WV Public News
Environmental group files suit against Chemours over ‘forever chemicals’ in Ohio River – 12/9/2024, WCHS
Report says Mountain Valley Pipeline has harmed West Virginia streams – 12/13/2024, WBOY
Data center demand poised to deepen dependence on gas-fired power in WV – 12/21/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
WV Rivers Coalition Taking Chemours to Court
West Virginia Environmental Groups Secure Historic Settlement to Clean Up Coal Mining Pollution