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

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

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

November 2024

Settlement Over West Virginia Water Toxicity Approved by Court – 11/7/2024, Bloomberg Law

Local nonprofit to hold public meeting with EPA about Fairmont Brine processing plant – 11/13/2024, WDTV

Environmental activists hold rally at ARCH2 open house – 11/13/2024, Farm and Dairy

Jefferson County Planning Commission votes to send back Mountain Pure application – 11/13/2024, Journal News

West Virginia Environmental Groups Secure Historic Settlement to Clean Up Coal Mining Pollution – 11/14/2024, WV Daily News

‘Crucial Tool’: Citizen suits poised to defend environment in another Trump regime – 11/19/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Legislators from 3 states discussed the Monongahela River Basin – 11/25/2024, WV Daily News

EPA proposes granting WV authority over wells critical to carbon capture projects – 11/27/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Over $970,000 Awarded for Grants to Strengthen Local Organizations Advancing Environmental and Community Health Goals – 11/27/2024, WV Daily News

 

October 2024

Bill increasing WV’s authority over regulation of nuclear materials heads to Justice for signature – 10/8/2024, West Virginia Watch

Local Rotary Clubs team up to teach students about world affairs – 10/25/2024, Journal News Net

Local Rotary Clubs team up to teach students about world affairs – 10/31/2024, Shepherdstown Chronicle