January 2020February 14, 2020Six years since the Freedom Industries spill – MetroNews, 1/8/2020 Thirst for protecting water supplies drives WV partnership – Bay Journal, 1/16/2020 Fighting the Fossil Fuel Economy in Appalachia – American Prospect, 1/17/2020 Advocates Weigh In On How To Protect Environment, Property Rights As Natural Gas Grows – WV Public Broadcasting, 1/21/2020 https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2020-02-14 09:48:362020-02-14 11:24:50January 2020
December 2019December 6, 2019Local coalitions continue to fight for funds for Chesapeake Bay Watershed – 12/5/2019, The Journal Manufacturers want more pollution related to plastics allowed in rivers and streams – 12/5/2019, Beckley Register-Herald Dangerous PFAS chemicals are unmonitored in WV’s waters. A 2020 bill aims to change that. – 12/16/2019, Charleston Gazette-Mail ‘Dark Waters’ continues to ripple with West Virginia lawmakers – 12/13/2019, News and Sentinel https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-12-06 09:52:332020-01-14 12:58:30December 2019
November 2019December 6, 201914th annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum comes to West Virginia – 11/16/2019, LocalDMV.com DEP chief, lawmakers ignore environmental implications in petrochemical talks – 11/19/2019, Beckley Register-Herald More Than 180 Years Later, ‘Eelway’ To Help American Eel Return Further Upstream – 11/26/2019, West Virginia Public Broadcasting https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-12-06 09:48:102019-12-06 09:48:10November 2019
October 2019October 10, 2019Report: Majority of WV counties in bottom third nationally for safe drinking water – 10/2/2019, Coal Valley News Supreme Court agrees to review of stalled Atlantic Coast Pipeline project – 10/4/2019, MetroNews Expenses and delays continue for Mountain Valley Pipeline, where work has halted again – 10/26/2019, MetroNews https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-10-10 12:34:532019-12-06 09:42:24October 2019
September 2019September 13, 2019Charles Town looking for a few good residents for new tree board – 9/3/2019, The Journal Third Annual Riverfest – 9/3/2019, Record Delta Geographic Information Systems Group held their annual conference – 9/11/2019, localdvm.org West Virginia group wants permanent funding for nature sites across state – 9/11/2019. MetroNews Shepherdstown Battlefield easement placed on 24 acres of Potomac River Bluff – 9/13/2019, Shepherdstown Chronicle Report: Majority of WV counties in bottom third nationally for safe drinking water – 9/24/2019, Charleston Gazette-mail West Virginians make their voices heard at climate change rally – 9/26/2019, Charleston Gazette-Mail Rally in Charleston works to brings awareness to climate change – 9/26/2019, WOWKTV.com National Public Lands Day Saturday – 9/26/2019, Beckley Register-Herald Local programs raising awareness of bird population decline and land conservation – 9/29/2019, The Journal https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-09-13 12:12:242019-10-10 12:30:33September 2019
August 2019September 13, 2019GUEST COLUMN: Climate change no laughing matter – 8/6/2019, Register-Herald This year’s MLPA-sponsored Riverfest to include a tour of City of Buckhannon water plant – 8/16/2019, My Buckhannon Manufacturers’ scientist encounters hurdles to recommending limits on pollutants – 8/22/2019, Register-Herald As Pipeline Construction Booms, Citizens Take Inspections Into Their Own Hands – 8/29/2019, WV Public Broadcasting Martinsburg VA Medical center does everything they can to help the recovery and treatment process for veterans – 8/30/2019, localdvm.org Buckhannon RiverFest celebrates safe water – 8/31/2019, wvboy.com https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-09-13 12:04:062019-09-13 12:14:24August 2019
July 2019September 13, 2019States’ latest Bay cleanup plans found lacking by EPA – 7/9/2019, The Bay Journal A resolution condemning pipeline challengers passed easily in the WV House. A pipeline lobbyist wrote it – 7/11/2019, Charleston Gazette Ranson receives grant for green infrastructure – 7/13/2019, The Journal How Protecting Civil War Battlefields Helps Protect Drinking Water – 7/17/2019 WV Public Broadcasting A ‘Lonesome Friend of Science’ Presses On – 7/19/2019, Appalachian Chronicle https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-09-13 11:47:402019-09-13 11:47:40July 2019
June 2019June 13, 2019Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to deploy environmentally friendly evidence destruction device – The Journal, 6/27/2019 Eastern Panhandle Sierra Club plans anti-Rockwool lobby trip to Charleston – The Journal, 6/14/2019 Environmental groups threaten to sue coal companies – Beckley Register Herald, 6/9/2019 Environmental groups accuse multiple mining sites of violating federal regulations – Metro News, 6/9/2019 West Virginia Rivers Coalition establishes local presence – Martinsburg Journal, 6/8/2019 Board Chair Profile: Chrissy Zeltner – Appalachian Voices, 6/7/2019 Ohio River water quality standards diluted by multi-state agency – Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 6/6/2019 Environmental groups threaten lawsuit over water concerns at WV & PA coal facilities – WBOY.com, 6/5/2019 https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-06-13 13:27:562019-07-19 12:58:45June 2019
May 2019June 13, 2019Mountain Valley agrees to pay $266,000 for pollution problems in W.Va. – Roanoke Times, 5/14/2019 https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-06-13 13:22:382019-06-13 13:22:38May 2019
April 2019April 11, 2019Bipartisan RECLAIM Act Would Expand Rural Community Revitalization, Support Wildlife – NWF.org, 4/10/2019 Fully Funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund an ‘Essential Next Step’ to Keeping Nature, Wildlife Within Reach – NWF.org, 4/9/2019 Reasons for industry opposition to tighter water pollution limits remain murky – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4/4/2019 Rare Conservation Win In Congress Helps Ohio Valley Parks And Monuments – WV Public Broadcasting, 4/2/2019 https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://wvrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2019-04-11 12:05:452019-04-11 12:05:45April 2019
January 2020
Six years since the Freedom Industries spill – MetroNews, 1/8/2020
Thirst for protecting water supplies drives WV partnership – Bay Journal, 1/16/2020
Fighting the Fossil Fuel Economy in Appalachia – American Prospect, 1/17/2020
Advocates Weigh In On How To Protect Environment, Property Rights As Natural Gas Grows – WV Public Broadcasting, 1/21/2020
December 2019
Local coalitions continue to fight for funds for Chesapeake Bay Watershed – 12/5/2019, The Journal
Manufacturers want more pollution related to plastics allowed in rivers and streams – 12/5/2019, Beckley Register-Herald
Dangerous PFAS chemicals are unmonitored in WV’s waters. A 2020 bill aims to change that. – 12/16/2019, Charleston Gazette-Mail
‘Dark Waters’ continues to ripple with West Virginia lawmakers – 12/13/2019, News and Sentinel
November 2019
14th annual Chesapeake Watershed Forum comes to West Virginia – 11/16/2019, LocalDMV.com
DEP chief, lawmakers ignore environmental implications in petrochemical talks – 11/19/2019, Beckley Register-Herald
More Than 180 Years Later, ‘Eelway’ To Help American Eel Return Further Upstream – 11/26/2019, West Virginia Public Broadcasting
October 2019
Report: Majority of WV counties in bottom third nationally for safe drinking water – 10/2/2019, Coal Valley News
Supreme Court agrees to review of stalled Atlantic Coast Pipeline project – 10/4/2019, MetroNews
Expenses and delays continue for Mountain Valley Pipeline, where work has halted again – 10/26/2019, MetroNews
September 2019
Charles Town looking for a few good residents for new tree board – 9/3/2019, The Journal
Third Annual Riverfest – 9/3/2019, Record Delta
Geographic Information Systems Group held their annual conference – 9/11/2019, localdvm.org
West Virginia group wants permanent funding for nature sites across state – 9/11/2019. MetroNews
Shepherdstown Battlefield easement placed on 24 acres of Potomac River Bluff – 9/13/2019, Shepherdstown Chronicle
Report: Majority of WV counties in bottom third nationally for safe drinking water – 9/24/2019, Charleston Gazette-mail
West Virginians make their voices heard at climate change rally – 9/26/2019, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Rally in Charleston works to brings awareness to climate change – 9/26/2019, WOWKTV.com
National Public Lands Day Saturday – 9/26/2019, Beckley Register-Herald
Local programs raising awareness of bird population decline and land conservation – 9/29/2019, The Journal
August 2019
GUEST COLUMN: Climate change no laughing matter – 8/6/2019, Register-Herald
This year’s MLPA-sponsored Riverfest to include a tour of City of Buckhannon water plant – 8/16/2019, My Buckhannon
Manufacturers’ scientist encounters hurdles to recommending limits on pollutants – 8/22/2019, Register-Herald
As Pipeline Construction Booms, Citizens Take Inspections Into Their Own Hands – 8/29/2019, WV Public Broadcasting
Martinsburg VA Medical center does everything they can to help the recovery and treatment process for veterans – 8/30/2019, localdvm.org
Buckhannon RiverFest celebrates safe water – 8/31/2019, wvboy.com
July 2019
States’ latest Bay cleanup plans found lacking by EPA – 7/9/2019, The Bay Journal
A resolution condemning pipeline challengers passed easily in the WV House. A pipeline lobbyist wrote it – 7/11/2019, Charleston Gazette
Ranson receives grant for green infrastructure – 7/13/2019, The Journal
How Protecting Civil War Battlefields Helps Protect Drinking Water – 7/17/2019 WV Public Broadcasting
A ‘Lonesome Friend of Science’ Presses On – 7/19/2019, Appalachian Chronicle
June 2019
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to deploy environmentally friendly evidence destruction device – The Journal, 6/27/2019
Eastern Panhandle Sierra Club plans anti-Rockwool lobby trip to Charleston – The Journal, 6/14/2019
Environmental groups threaten to sue coal companies – Beckley Register Herald, 6/9/2019
Environmental groups accuse multiple mining sites of violating federal regulations – Metro News, 6/9/2019
West Virginia Rivers Coalition establishes local presence – Martinsburg Journal, 6/8/2019
Board Chair Profile: Chrissy Zeltner – Appalachian Voices, 6/7/2019
Ohio River water quality standards diluted by multi-state agency – Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 6/6/2019
Environmental groups threaten lawsuit over water concerns at WV & PA coal facilities – WBOY.com, 6/5/2019
May 2019
Mountain Valley agrees to pay $266,000 for pollution problems in W.Va. – Roanoke Times, 5/14/2019
April 2019
Bipartisan RECLAIM Act Would Expand Rural Community Revitalization, Support Wildlife – NWF.org, 4/10/2019
Fully Funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund an ‘Essential Next Step’ to Keeping Nature, Wildlife Within Reach – NWF.org, 4/9/2019
Reasons for industry opposition to tighter water pollution limits remain murky – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4/4/2019
Rare Conservation Win In Congress Helps Ohio Valley Parks And Monuments – WV Public Broadcasting, 4/2/2019