https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-1.png10801080Maggie Stangehttps://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.pngMaggie Stange2025-02-25 15:49:272025-02-25 17:31:06West 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
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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
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
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