July 2024July 5, 2024Environmentalists concerned over forever chemical regulations after U.S. Supreme Court ruling – 7/4/2024, WFXRTV ‘No one would drink that’: Water worries mounting in southern WV coalfields – 7/15/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Traveling mural promotes clean streams – 7/17/2024, Pocahontas Times Manchin permit reform bill pleases fossil fuel industries, draws environmental group ire – 7/24/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail WV Rivers announces Morgantown woman is new executive director – 7/26/2024, Dominion Post https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-07-05 09:30:562024-07-31 14:12:22July 2024
June 2024June 10, 2024Mine Water is Spewing into this West Virginia Community While Companies Squabble Over Who is Responsible – 6/7/2024, In These Times WV Rivers Clean Water Mural makes tour stop in Eastern Panhandle – 6/7/2024, The Journal News FERC approves in-service request for long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline – 6/11/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Safety, Health Doubts Linger Near Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Path – 6/12/2024, WV Public Broadcasting Clean Water Mural arrives in Jefferson County – 6/12/2024, The Journal WV congressional delegation silent on Mountain Valley Pipeline safety concerns – 6/14/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Mountain Valley Pipeline goes into service – 6/14/2024, The Roanoke Times West Virginia Rivers Coalition hosts Clean Water Mural roundtable discussion – 6/17/2024, The Journal Opponents regroup with fears, backers eye profits as Mountain Valley Pipeline enters service – 6/19/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Safety, health doubts linger as Mountain Valley Pipeline gets approval for service – 6/19/2024, The Allegheny Front All Around the Mountain Valley Pipeline, Farmers Are Losing Access to Clean Water – 6/22/2024, Ambrook Research Producers say operational MVP is a major hurdle cleared for the state’s gas industry – 6/23/2024, Metro News https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-06-10 10:19:032024-07-15 14:45:47June 2024
May 2024May 9, 2024WV environmental group threatens to sue Chemours over PFAS threat – 5/1/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail Mountain Valley Pipeline, after years of delays and booming costs, is at the verge of completion – 5/5/2024, WV Metro News ARCH2 hydrogen hub blasted over environmental, transparency concerns at DOE session – 5/10/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail As WV targets PFAS, advocates see protection in hazardous substance designation – 5/25/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail ‘Untold Impacts’: Groups urge feds to stop hydrogen hub over lack of details – 5/29/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-05-09 10:43:342024-06-10 10:21:39May 2024
April 2024April 10, 2024Summers commissioners to hear about landowners pipeline issues – 4/4/2024, Register Herald ‘A historic day’: EPA sets first ever legally enforceable limit on toxic PFAS levels – 4/11/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail West Virginia environmental groups strike a deal for cleaner waters – 4/11/2024, Environmental Health News Advocates laud newly finalized EPA rule to regulate PFAS in drinking water for the first time – 4/12/2024, West Virginia Watch Environmental wins in West Virginia came after yearslong fights, inaction from state, EPA – 4/16/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail Facility prevents acid mine drainage from polluting Decker’s Creek in Morgantown – 4/24/2024, WBOY After two decades of seeking funds, Richard Mine Treatment plant a reality – 4/24/2024, Times West Virginian Feds come to Richard Mine to announce $140.7 million for acid mine drainage treatment in WV – 4/24/2024, Dominion Post DEP objects to EPA agreement on Lower Guyandotte watershed cleanup – 4/25/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail W.Va. coalition announces intent to sue company over alleged clean water violations – 4/26/2024, WCHS West Virginia environmentalists suing Chemours over ‘forever chemicals’ – 4/27/2024, Parkersburg News and Sentinels DEP Motions To Intervene In EPA Settlement – 4/26/2024, WV Public Broadcasting https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-04-10 13:39:302024-04-29 11:07:11April 2024
March 2024March 4, 2024‘We need some help’: water quality, DEP oversight concerns mount – 3/2/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Clean Water Mural Tour flows into Parkersburg Art Center – 3/4/2024, Parkersburg News and Sentinel Clean Water Mural Visits Parkersburg Art Center – 3/4/2024, WTAP PFAS Concerns Loom Over Chemours Permit for Washington Works – 3/8/2024, WV Public Broadcasting ‘Another year goes by’: Environmental priorities fail in 2024 legislative session – 3/12/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Department of Energy to hold listening session on ARCH2 hydrogen hub – 3/13/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail ‘Now they’re asking for more’: Chemours plant poised to pollute more PFAS amid toxic legacy – 3/18/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Eric Engle: Didn’t we learn from Dupont? – 3/20/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail WV Rivers, Friends of the Cheat host Corridor H assessment training – 3/24/2024, WBOY Mine reclamation board fund gets environmental rep after participation concern – 3/25/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail EPA still hasn’t acted on water quality concerns for 1,600 miles of WV waterways – 3/26/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Green Groups Secure Deal to Clean Up Coal-Polluted West Virginia Streams – 3/29/2024, Common Dreams West Virginia environmental groups reach historic settlement – 3/30/2024, WBOY https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-03-04 09:52:552024-04-02 15:15:59March 2024
February 2024February 7, 2024Hearing set on community air monitoring use bill – 2/1/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Groups Push Back on House Bill To Limit Use of Air Monitoring Data – 2/2/2024, WV Public Broadcasting Opposition for air monitoring bill at public hearing – 2/5/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Stronger protections urged for DEP general permit for construction activities – 2/5/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail EPA’s methane rule good for WV, economy, health (opinion) – 2/6/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail WV House targets community air monitoring data use – 2/6/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Follansbee Council hears of air monitoring efforts, needed library repairs – 2/6/2024, Weirton Daily Times New report chronicles community concerns, priorities for local waters in Ohio River Basin – 2/14/2024, Northern Kentucky Tribune Progress made in fight against ‘forever chemicals’ in water – 2/15/2024, The Journal New report highlights concerns and goals for Ohio River Basin waterways – 2/18/2024, WTAP WV Senate OKs forest management contracts for wildfire protection that bypass bidding – 2/21/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail Environmentalists pursue action plans to address PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – 2/21/2024, Spirit of Jefferson Chemours Seeks DEP Permission For Tenant To Discharge Chemicals – 2/22/2024, WV Public Broadcasting Chemours Optima Belle’s Proposal Stirs Controversy in West Virginia Over River Pollution – 2/22/2024, BNN Breaking News Concerns dominate DEP hearing on proposed Mingo County ammonia site – 2/23/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Concerns voiced about language in WV forest management bill – 2/26/2024, Public News Service West Virginia Senate’s New Bill Sparks Debate Over Forest Fire Management and Conservation – 2/26/2024, BNN Breaking News Mural commemorating the 2014 Elk River chemical leak is touring the state – 2/29/2024, WOWK https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-02-07 12:31:082024-03-01 12:23:27February 2024
January 2024January 15, 2024Event to commemorate 10th anniversary of WV water crisis – 1/4/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail 2014 Elk River chemical leak a watershed moment for WV environmental advocacy – 1/4/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Decade after Elk River leak, WV deluged with drinking water violations and mistrust – 1/4/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Tuesday event planned in Charleston to mark 10 years since 2014 water crisis – 1/7/2024, Metro News 10 years after chemical spill, concerns remain for future incidents – 1/9/2024, West Virginia Watch Event promotes secure water access on West Virginia water crisis anniversary – 1/9/2024, WOWK 2014 chemical spill impacted W.Va. law, but activists voice concerns over changes to legis. – 1/9/2024, WCHS ‘Water is political’: Event rallies around 10th anniversary of water crisis – 1/10/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail WV Rivers Coalition hosts Sierra Ferrell – 1/18/2024, WOAY Corridor H concern intensifies with environmental approvals in limbo – 1/20/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail Kanawha school air quality some of the most toxic in the nation: WV lawmakers could weaken protections – 1/27/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail House committee advances bill limiting state’s use of community-sourced air data – 1/31/2024, Mountain State Spotlight https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2024-01-15 12:06:132024-02-07 12:26:09January 2024
December 2023December 14, 2023Methane pollution: EPA issues ruling that may affect WV emissions – 12/4/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail ‘Following the water’ provides a trail straight to MVP in West Virginia – 12/10/2023, Appalachian Chronicle New federal methane rules expected to improve WV air quality – 12/19/2023, Public News Service https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2023-12-14 10:17:472023-12-19 09:35:54December 2023
November 2023November 7, 2023EPA cites hundreds of WV streams as impaired – 11/3/2023, Public News Service DEP to use $1M EPA grant for pilot project to engage communities in PFAS plan preparation – 11/6/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail Environmental group rep’s removal from state board prompts participation concern – 11/25/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2023-11-07 12:06:072023-12-14 10:13:34November 2023
October 2023October 6, 2023Environmental, economic concerns linger with WV leaders’ hydrogen hub pursuit – 10/1/2023, Huntington Herald Dispatch Volunteer water monitors: Citizen scientists – 10/3/2023, Public News Service More than 300 Streams Missing from State’s Polluted List, EPA Says – 10/6/2023, WV Public Broadcasting EPA: W.Va. state regulators missed over 300 streams in list of ailing waters – 10/10/2023, WTAP One of Ours: the Candy Darter – 10/13/2023, Highlands Outdoors EPA says outdated DEP biological assessments leaving over 1600 miles of waterways off impaired list – 10/13/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail WV-led proposal for hydrogen hub selected for up to $925M in federal support – 10/13/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail DNR to hold meeting on Summersville Lake State Park plans – 10/16/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail Walk in the Woods: Sam Michael’s Park – 10/20/2023, Frederick News Post Who is Waterkeeper: Angie Rosser – 10/25/2023, Water Keeper Warning signs loom over future of fossil fuel-powered Appalachian hydrogen hub – 10/27/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail Mountain Valley Pipeline project growing as variance requests pile up – 10/30/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kate Leary https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kate Leary2023-10-06 13:34:252023-11-02 13:40:07October 2023
July 2024
Environmentalists concerned over forever chemical regulations after U.S. Supreme Court ruling – 7/4/2024, WFXRTV
‘No one would drink that’: Water worries mounting in southern WV coalfields – 7/15/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Traveling mural promotes clean streams – 7/17/2024, Pocahontas Times
Manchin permit reform bill pleases fossil fuel industries, draws environmental group ire – 7/24/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
WV Rivers announces Morgantown woman is new executive director – 7/26/2024, Dominion Post
June 2024
Mine Water is Spewing into this West Virginia Community While Companies Squabble Over Who is Responsible – 6/7/2024, In These Times
WV Rivers Clean Water Mural makes tour stop in Eastern Panhandle – 6/7/2024, The Journal News
FERC approves in-service request for long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline – 6/11/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Safety, Health Doubts Linger Near Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Path – 6/12/2024, WV Public Broadcasting
Clean Water Mural arrives in Jefferson County – 6/12/2024, The Journal
WV congressional delegation silent on Mountain Valley Pipeline safety concerns – 6/14/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Mountain Valley Pipeline goes into service – 6/14/2024, The Roanoke Times
West Virginia Rivers Coalition hosts Clean Water Mural roundtable discussion – 6/17/2024, The Journal
Opponents regroup with fears, backers eye profits as Mountain Valley Pipeline enters service – 6/19/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Safety, health doubts linger as Mountain Valley Pipeline gets approval for service – 6/19/2024, The Allegheny Front
All Around the Mountain Valley Pipeline, Farmers Are Losing Access to Clean Water – 6/22/2024, Ambrook Research
Producers say operational MVP is a major hurdle cleared for the state’s gas industry – 6/23/2024, Metro News
May 2024
WV environmental group threatens to sue Chemours over PFAS threat – 5/1/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
Mountain Valley Pipeline, after years of delays and booming costs, is at the verge of completion – 5/5/2024, WV Metro News
ARCH2 hydrogen hub blasted over environmental, transparency concerns at DOE session – 5/10/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
As WV targets PFAS, advocates see protection in hazardous substance designation – 5/25/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
‘Untold Impacts’: Groups urge feds to stop hydrogen hub over lack of details – 5/29/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
April 2024
Summers commissioners to hear about landowners pipeline issues – 4/4/2024, Register Herald
‘A historic day’: EPA sets first ever legally enforceable limit on toxic PFAS levels – 4/11/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
West Virginia environmental groups strike a deal for cleaner waters – 4/11/2024, Environmental Health News
Advocates laud newly finalized EPA rule to regulate PFAS in drinking water for the first time – 4/12/2024, West Virginia Watch
Environmental wins in West Virginia came after yearslong fights, inaction from state, EPA – 4/16/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
Facility prevents acid mine drainage from polluting Decker’s Creek in Morgantown – 4/24/2024, WBOY
After two decades of seeking funds, Richard Mine Treatment plant a reality – 4/24/2024, Times West Virginian
Feds come to Richard Mine to announce $140.7 million for acid mine drainage treatment in WV – 4/24/2024, Dominion Post
DEP objects to EPA agreement on Lower Guyandotte watershed cleanup – 4/25/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
W.Va. coalition announces intent to sue company over alleged clean water violations – 4/26/2024, WCHS
West Virginia environmentalists suing Chemours over ‘forever chemicals’ – 4/27/2024, Parkersburg News and Sentinels
DEP Motions To Intervene In EPA Settlement – 4/26/2024, WV Public Broadcasting
March 2024
‘We need some help’: water quality, DEP oversight concerns mount – 3/2/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Clean Water Mural Tour flows into Parkersburg Art Center – 3/4/2024, Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Clean Water Mural Visits Parkersburg Art Center – 3/4/2024, WTAP
PFAS Concerns Loom Over Chemours Permit for Washington Works – 3/8/2024, WV Public Broadcasting
‘Another year goes by’: Environmental priorities fail in 2024 legislative session – 3/12/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Department of Energy to hold listening session on ARCH2 hydrogen hub – 3/13/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
‘Now they’re asking for more’: Chemours plant poised to pollute more PFAS amid toxic legacy – 3/18/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Eric Engle: Didn’t we learn from Dupont? – 3/20/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
WV Rivers, Friends of the Cheat host Corridor H assessment training – 3/24/2024, WBOY
Mine reclamation board fund gets environmental rep after participation concern – 3/25/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
EPA still hasn’t acted on water quality concerns for 1,600 miles of WV waterways – 3/26/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Green Groups Secure Deal to Clean Up Coal-Polluted West Virginia Streams – 3/29/2024, Common Dreams
West Virginia environmental groups reach historic settlement – 3/30/2024, WBOY
February 2024
Hearing set on community air monitoring use bill – 2/1/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Groups Push Back on House Bill To Limit Use of Air Monitoring Data – 2/2/2024, WV Public Broadcasting
Opposition for air monitoring bill at public hearing – 2/5/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Stronger protections urged for DEP general permit for construction activities – 2/5/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
EPA’s methane rule good for WV, economy, health (opinion) – 2/6/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
WV House targets community air monitoring data use – 2/6/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Follansbee Council hears of air monitoring efforts, needed library repairs – 2/6/2024, Weirton Daily Times
New report chronicles community concerns, priorities for local waters in Ohio River Basin – 2/14/2024, Northern Kentucky Tribune
Progress made in fight against ‘forever chemicals’ in water – 2/15/2024, The Journal
New report highlights concerns and goals for Ohio River Basin waterways – 2/18/2024, WTAP
WV Senate OKs forest management contracts for wildfire protection that bypass bidding – 2/21/2024, Charleston Gazette Mail
Environmentalists pursue action plans to address PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – 2/21/2024, Spirit of Jefferson
Chemours Seeks DEP Permission For Tenant To Discharge Chemicals – 2/22/2024, WV Public Broadcasting
Chemours Optima Belle’s Proposal Stirs Controversy in West Virginia Over River Pollution – 2/22/2024, BNN Breaking News
Concerns dominate DEP hearing on proposed Mingo County ammonia site – 2/23/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Concerns voiced about language in WV forest management bill – 2/26/2024, Public News Service
West Virginia Senate’s New Bill Sparks Debate Over Forest Fire Management and Conservation – 2/26/2024, BNN Breaking News
Mural commemorating the 2014 Elk River chemical leak is touring the state – 2/29/2024, WOWK
January 2024
Event to commemorate 10th anniversary of WV water crisis – 1/4/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
2014 Elk River chemical leak a watershed moment for WV environmental advocacy – 1/4/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Decade after Elk River leak, WV deluged with drinking water violations and mistrust – 1/4/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Tuesday event planned in Charleston to mark 10 years since 2014 water crisis – 1/7/2024, Metro News
10 years after chemical spill, concerns remain for future incidents – 1/9/2024, West Virginia Watch
Event promotes secure water access on West Virginia water crisis anniversary – 1/9/2024, WOWK
2014 chemical spill impacted W.Va. law, but activists voice concerns over changes to legis. – 1/9/2024, WCHS
‘Water is political’: Event rallies around 10th anniversary of water crisis – 1/10/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
WV Rivers Coalition hosts Sierra Ferrell – 1/18/2024, WOAY
Corridor H concern intensifies with environmental approvals in limbo – 1/20/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Kanawha school air quality some of the most toxic in the nation: WV lawmakers could weaken protections – 1/27/2024, Charleston Gazette-Mail
House committee advances bill limiting state’s use of community-sourced air data – 1/31/2024, Mountain State Spotlight
December 2023
Methane pollution: EPA issues ruling that may affect WV emissions – 12/4/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
‘Following the water’ provides a trail straight to MVP in West Virginia – 12/10/2023, Appalachian Chronicle
New federal methane rules expected to improve WV air quality – 12/19/2023, Public News Service
November 2023
EPA cites hundreds of WV streams as impaired – 11/3/2023, Public News Service
DEP to use $1M EPA grant for pilot project to engage communities in PFAS plan preparation – 11/6/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Environmental group rep’s removal from state board prompts participation concern – 11/25/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
October 2023
Environmental, economic concerns linger with WV leaders’ hydrogen hub pursuit – 10/1/2023, Huntington Herald Dispatch
Volunteer water monitors: Citizen scientists – 10/3/2023, Public News Service
More than 300 Streams Missing from State’s Polluted List, EPA Says – 10/6/2023, WV Public Broadcasting
EPA: W.Va. state regulators missed over 300 streams in list of ailing waters – 10/10/2023, WTAP
One of Ours: the Candy Darter – 10/13/2023, Highlands Outdoors
EPA says outdated DEP biological assessments leaving over 1600 miles of waterways off impaired list – 10/13/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
WV-led proposal for hydrogen hub selected for up to $925M in federal support – 10/13/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
DNR to hold meeting on Summersville Lake State Park plans – 10/16/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Walk in the Woods: Sam Michael’s Park – 10/20/2023, Frederick News Post
Who is Waterkeeper: Angie Rosser – 10/25/2023, Water Keeper
Warning signs loom over future of fossil fuel-powered Appalachian hydrogen hub – 10/27/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Mountain Valley Pipeline project growing as variance requests pile up – 10/30/2023, Charleston Gazette-Mail