October 2026

Gazette-Mail testing reveals public health risks from West Virginians’ well water – 10/3/2026, Charleston Gazette Mail

New Report Details Soaring Cost of Water in West Virginia | Food & Water Watch – 10/6/2026, Food & Water Watch

Millions of people enjoy West Virginia’s national forests. Trump wants to open up logging just down the road – 10/5/2026, Mountain State Spotlight

West Virginia Rivers Coalition forms Technical Advisory Council – 10/13/2026, WTRF

Water test participants pan response to poor water quality – 10/16/2026, Charleston Gazette Mail

West Virginia investigates climate advocacy – 10/22/2026, Twin Cities Pioneer Press

West Virginia investigates climate, environmental groups over ‘deceptive’ acts – 10/22/2026, Washington Post

West Virginia investigates environmental groups over ‘deceptive’ climate change advocacy – 10/22/2026, KSL

West Virginia attorney general is investigating ‘deception’ by environmental groups – 10/22/2026, MyNorthwest

West Virginia attorney general is investigating ‘deception’ by environmental groups – 10/22/2026, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

WV Rivers Coalition sues West Virginia Attorney General over subpoena – 10/23/2026, WV News

Enviro groups claim McCuskey violating free speech rights – 10/23/2026, Legal Newsline

West Virginia Attorney General McCuskey issues subpoenas on environmental groups – 10/23/2026, Yahoo News

West Virginia Attorney General McCuskey issues subpoenas on environmental groups – 10/23/2026, West Virginia Watch

West Virginia attorney general subpoenas environmental groups – 10/23/2026, The Hill

McCuskey has made protecting fossil fuel industries a priority. Now he’s investigating climate groups. – 10/23/2026, Mountain State Spotlight

West Virginia Rivers Coalition files federal lawsuit challenging Attorney General McCuskey’s investigatory subpoena – 10/23/2026, WOAY

Lawsuit reveals WV AG targeting environmental groups with investigation, subpoenas – 10/24/2026, Charleston Gazette Mail

AG subpoenas environmental group West Virginia Rivers over climate claims – 10/25/2026, MetroNews

McCuskey defends climate subpoenas, won’t seek donor identities – 10/26/2026, Legal Newsline

Attorney General’s consumer protection probe of WV Rivers claims harm to fossil fuel economy – 10/26/2026, MetroNews

AG, environmental groups square off in federal court Thursday – 10/26/2026, WTAP

Environmental groups seek temporary restraining order against AG McCuskey investigations – 10/27/2026, WOWK

Eric Engle: McCuskey tries to silence clean energy advocates (Opinion) – 10/27/2026, Charleston Gazette Mail

‘The First Amendment is not a license to lie’: McCuskey responds to environmental groups he subpoenaed for citing climate science. – 10/27/2026, Mountain State Spotlight

Sierra Club says West Virginia attorney general withdrew subpoena as environmental groups fight investigation – 10/28/2026, WVNews

Judge to hear Thursday free speech concerns to W.Va. attorney general climate probe – 10/28/2026, News & Sentinel

Judge grants restraining order in WV attorney general subpoena against environmental groups – 10/29/2026, West Virginia Watch

Judge blocks McCuskey subpoenas of environmental groups – 10/29/2026, Legal Newsline

‘Absurd’: WV AG targeting green nonprofits called anti-free speech as groups push back – 10/29/2026, Charleston Gazette Mail

Federal judge halts Attorney General probe of environmental group’s communications, for now – 10/29/2026, MetroNews

W.Va. investigates climate, environmental groups over alleged ‘deceptive’ acts – 10/29/2026, Free Speech Center

Temporary restraining order blocks AG McCuskey investigation into environmental groups – 10/29/2026, The Parkersburg News & Sentinel

Court sides with free speech and blocks West Virginia Attorney General’s subpoenas against climate groups – 10/29/2026, 350.org

Restraining order blocks probe into climate change claims from environmentalist groups – 10/29/2026, WCHS

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey enjoined over ‘retaliatory’ subpoenas to climate advocates – 10/30/2026, WBOY

Federal Judge Orders State to Halt Investigation Into Environmental Groups – 10/30/2026, WV Public Broadcasting

Inside the make or break AI Mega Project behind Nscalke’s $35bn IPO – 10/30/2026, Financial Times

Federal judge rules WV AG chilled free speech, blocks environmental group subpoenas – 10/31/2026, Charleston Gazette Mail

September 2026

For some West Virginians, a historic $450M Chemours settlement over forever chemicals is too little, too late – 9/3/2026, Black by God

Data center forum raises concerns over water, power, local control – 9/15/2026, The Journal

Lawmakers told data centers could be key to improving WV water issues – 9/16/2026, West Virginia Watch

Data Centers and Infrastructure – 9/18/2026, WCHS

Chemours settled major pollution cases – 9/19/2026, Mountain State Spotlight

August 2026

MOV Climate Corner: Responding while recovering – 8/3/2026, The Marietta Times

What’s Happening (Waterways of Life event) – 8/5/2026, The Parsons Advocate

DEP plan would weaken clean water protections in aboveground storage tank rule – 8/6/2026, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Amsted Graphite asks federal judge to dismiss Clean Water Act lawsuit in West Virginia – 8/10/2026, WV News

Environmental groups sue Anmoore plant over 1100+ Clean Water Act violations – 8/11/2026, WDTV

W.Va. unveils statewide plan for responsible data centers – 8/15/2026, The Vindicator

Organizations meet with community to discuss ‘forever chemicals’, PFAS – 8/17/2026, WSAZ

July 2026

More than 170 miles of West Virginia trout streams gain protection – 7/4/2026, WV Explorer

Environmental group urges residents to report ash after Parkersburg warehouse fire – 7/7/2026, WV News

Public health risk questions, past violations loom in wake of Peoples Cartage fire – 7/9/2026, Charleston Gazette-Mail

MOV: Climate Corner: Need for air monitoring effort only grows – 7/11/2026, The Marietta Times

WTAP Exclusive: Independent testing begins after Peoples Cartage warehouse fire – 7/13/2026, WTAP

Plateau Action Network, Town of Fayetteville and West Virginia Rivers Coalition seeking artists to submit design ideas for Safe Water for All public mural – 7/14/2026, WOAY

Proposed EPA rule removes protections from drinking water sources – 7/14/2026, WV Public Broadcasting

Bloomberg American Health Initiative Announces 10th Cohort of Fellows Working to Address Critical U.S. Health Challenges – 7/23/2026, Johns Hopkins University

June 2026

Paddle with Pride! – 6/3/2026, WVNS

West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Greenbrier River Watershed Association and Greenbrier Valley Pride hosting Paddle with Pride event on June 7 – 6/3/2026, WOAY

New permits eyed for Mason Co. data center-tied project after eight-figure WV support – 6/3/2026, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Gary residents, environmental groups signal class action against Chinese firm over contaminated well – 6/4/2026, WOWK

House committee rejects Moore’s funding proposal for drinking water in Southern West Virginia – 6/3/2026, Mountain State Spotlight

Appeals court overturns ruling to stop Chemours from polluting Ohio River – 6/3/2026, Mountain State Spotlight

Appeals court overturns ruling to stop Chemours from polluting the Ohio River – 6/6/2026, WV News

US House committee rejects Moore’s $50M funding proposal for drinking water in Southern W.Va. – 6/8/2026, Spirit of Jefferson

Appeals court tosses injunction ordering Chemours to curb release of ‘forever chemicals’ – 6/9/2026, WCHS

Clean water denied – The fight for safe drinking water – 6/10/2026, Pocahontas Times

Mason County residents faced with buyout as AI data center campus goes up – 6/10/2026, WOWK

‘Abandonment’: Outlook dims for southern WV water funding boost despite mounting need – 6/11/2026, Charleston Gazette-Mail

EPA plans PFAS rule rollback that loom large in W.Va. after court tosses Chemours order – 6/12/2026, Charleston Gazette-Mail

Charleston’s drinking water depends on thousands of small mountain streams – 6/24/2026, WV Explorer

Heavy rains that fueled 2016 floods spur W.Va.’s first dedicated flood mitigation fund – 6/26/2026, WCHS

 

 

 

 

May 2026

Cleanup efforts underway in Howard’s Creek after diesel spill – 5/7/2026, The Real WV

Letter urges $250 million for WV drinking water fixes targeting 9 southern coalfield counties – 5/9/2026, WCHS

Paddle with Pride on the Greenbrier River set for June 7, 2026 – 5/11/2026, WV Daily News

Spring Activities for Judy’s Garden Club and Community – 5/11/2026, WV News

Paddle with Pride event planned on Greenbrier River – 5/11/2026, Register Herald

Paddle with Pride set for June 7 on Greenbrier River – 5/11/2026, Register Herald

Conservation groups sue Harrison County graphite manufacturing facility for Clean Water Act violations – 5/20/2026, WDTV

Alleged water pollution from graphic facility in West Virginia leads to lawsuit from environmental groups – 5/20/2026, WTRF

West Virginia groups sue Anmoore graphite plant over alleged chemical dumping violations – 5/20/2026, WBOY

West Virginia Rivers Coalition and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy file federal lawsuit against Amsted Graphite Materials alleging Clean Water Act – 5/21/2026, WOAY

Environmental groups file lawsuit over alleged pollution at Clarksburg-area facility – 5/21/2026, WV News

Real West Virginian of the Week: Brittany Miller-Baker helps Wyoming County students turn orange water into a national award-winning solution – 5/22/2026, The Real WV

MOV Climate Corner: Grateful for community support – 5/23/2026, The Marietta Times

Environmentalists eye water use as data centers spread – 5/22/2026, Lancaster Farming

WV environmental groups file suit over Clean Water Act violations in Harrison County – 5/28/2026, West Virginia Watch

WV drinking water plea posed to go unheeded in U.S. House after state-level strikeout – 5/29/2026, Charleston Gazette-Mail