September 2017September 7, 2017Judge to appoint special master to speed up coal-mine cleanups – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 9/28/2017 “Significant delays” projected as DEP takes steps toward additional review of pipeline project – MetroNews, 9/18/2017 DEP requests judge to vacate certification to Mountain Valley Pipeline – Beckley Register-Herald, 9/14/2017 WV DEP takes tougher stand on Mountain Valley Pipeline – WVVA.com, 9/14/2017 WV DEP concedes MVP permit needs to be ‘further evaluated’ – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 9/13/2017 Letter: Reader praises meetings on pipeline, gas – The Record Delta, 9/13/2017 W.Va. environmental agency to reconsider water quality permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline – Roanoke Times, 9/8/2017 WV DEP vacates permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 9/8/2017 West Virginia withdraws approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline – The Exponent Telegram, 9/8/2017 Labor Day float attracts swimmers to the Elk River – WSAZ, 9/4/2017 Labor Day brings Elk River Elkspedition – MetroNews, 9/4/2017 Watershed volunteers honored for efforts – The Preston County News & Journal, 9/1/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-09-07 10:01:062017-10-06 09:14:08September 2017
August 2017August 10, 2017West Virginia Rafting Company To Hold Free Trip On Elk River – The Gilmer Free Press, 8/29/2017 ‘Our water is not invincible’ – The Record Delta, 8/28/2017 West Virginia rafting company to hold free trip on Elk River – The News Center, 8/28/2017 West Virginia Rafting Company to Hold Free Trip on Elk River – US News and World Report, 8/28/2017 West Virginia rafting company to hold free trip on Elk River – LA Times, 8/28/2017 ACE Adventures to assist rivers group with Elk event – Beckley Register Herald, 8/26/2017 Letter: Lawmakers should leave national monuments alone – Charleston gazette-Mail, 8/24/2017 WV DEP ignored water quality in MVP permit, court filing argues – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 8/16/2017 Public invited to take part in Elkspedition – Montgomery Herald, 8/16/2017 Outdoor Recreation in WV: 90,000 Jobs, $9 Billion Economic Activity – Public News Service, 8/11/2017 Video: Volunteers wanted for Elk River photo documentary – Herald-Dispatch, 8/10/2017 Water filtration system in West Virginia among the elite – Washington Post, 8/7/2017 Morgan County Commission hears pipeline concerns – The Journal, 8/3/2017 Environment Matters 2017 – Episode 5 Water Reporter – WVDEP Environment Matters, 8/2/2017 Headwater Streams and Wetlands Across the USA at Risk for More Pollution – Frack Check, 8/2/2017 Atlantic Coast Pipeline Can Add Excess Sediment to WV Streams – Frack Check, 8/2/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-08-10 13:37:062017-09-07 10:27:52August 2017
July 2017July 17, 2017Challenges to Pipelines Continue Past FERC – Public News Service, 7/28/2017 DEP orders halt to Rover Pipeline construction – Charleston Gazette Mail, 7/25/2017 River Network River Voices – River Network, 7/20/2017 Beckley Register Herald Thumbs Up – Beckley Register Herald, 7/8/2017 ‘Cancer creek’ water rule issue back in DEP’s court – Charleston Gazette Mail, 7/6/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-07-17 12:58:062017-08-10 12:48:03July 2017
June 2017June 2, 2017Group Launches Elk River Flood Photo – Mountain Media, 6/26/2017 Wanted: Your summer photos of Elk River – WCHS, 6/26/2017 Summer photos of Elk River being sought for documentary project – MetroNews, 6/26/2017 FERC issues final impact statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline – The Exponent Telegram, 6/23/2017 Chief of state river protection group receives NWF’s highest conservation award – Fayette Tribune, 6/15/2017 WV Rivers Coalition’s Angie Rosser receives national conservation award – West Virginia Press Association, 6/13/2017 Angie Rosser of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition Honored With Charlie Shaw Conservation Partnership Award – NWF.org, 6/12/2017 Collin O’Mara, Angie Rosser: Antiquities Act anniversary a good time to defend public lands – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 6/10/2017 Environmental groups ask court to review W.Va. decision to issue pipeline water quality permit – Roanoke Times, 6/9/2017 WV DEP, its chief challenged on pipeline approval – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 6/9/2017 US judge denies EPA stay in acting on W.Va. Clean Water Act enforcement – S&P Global, 6/1/2017 Federal judge: Two W.Va. streams polluted by coal mine runoff – Kallanish Energy. 6/1/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-06-02 09:09:512017-07-06 15:18:23June 2017
May 2017May 4, 2017 Fola Coal mine violated water quality protections – Beckley Register Herald, 5/31/2017 Strip mine pollution impaired streams, judge rules – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/30/2017 Fola Coal sued by environmental groups over alleged water pollution – State Journal, 5/25/2017 Energy industry fills Senate candidates’ coffers in WV – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/17/207 West Virginia To Treat Water Pollution at Forfeited Coal Mines – Sierra Club, 5/11/2017 West Virginia Rivers Coalition –Protecting the Water in Marlinton – Allegheny Mountain Radio, 5/5/2017 Environmentalists Urge Justice to Limit Budget Session – WV Public Broadcasting, 5/3/2017 Environmentalists Urge Justice to Limit Budget Session – US News and World Report, 5/3/2017 Gazette editorial: Legislative flub protects streams; leave it that way – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/2/2017 Water pollution changes lost when coal bill passed – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/1/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-05-04 14:05:402017-06-02 09:12:08May 2017
Fola Coal mine violated water quality protections – Beckley Register Herald, 5/31/2017 Strip mine pollution impaired streams, judge rules – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/30/2017 Fola Coal sued by environmental groups over alleged water pollution – State Journal, 5/25/2017 Energy industry fills Senate candidates’ coffers in WV – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/17/207 West Virginia To Treat Water Pollution at Forfeited Coal Mines – Sierra Club, 5/11/2017 West Virginia Rivers Coalition –Protecting the Water in Marlinton – Allegheny Mountain Radio, 5/5/2017 Environmentalists Urge Justice to Limit Budget Session – WV Public Broadcasting, 5/3/2017 Environmentalists Urge Justice to Limit Budget Session – US News and World Report, 5/3/2017 Gazette editorial: Legislative flub protects streams; leave it that way – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/2/2017 Water pollution changes lost when coal bill passed – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/1/2017
April 2017April 10, 2017Possible Public-Lands Rollback Sparks Suspicion in WV – Public News Service, 4/28/2017 WV Rivers Coalition’s Angie Rosser named River Hero – WV Press Association, 4/27/2017 Marlinton Mayor’s Corner – Pocahontas Times, 4/26/2017 Marilyn Howells: Southwest WV is a sacrifice zone; comment deadline today – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4/24/2017 Resistance to Pipelines Across the East – Appalachian Voices, 4/13/2017 West Virginia Finalizes Bill That Could Increase Water Pollution – Water Online, 4/13/2017 Marijuana, Water Bills Approved by West Virginia Legislature – The Wheeling Intelligencer, 4/11/2017 Law firm disputes W.Va. water quality permit for pipeline – The Roanoke Times, 4/11/2017 Environment groups criticize coal, gas legislation – The Exponent Telegram, 4/7/2017 Critics: WV Water Legislation Leaves Out Voice of People – Public News Service, 4/7/2017 Environmental groups urge changes to coal bill – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4/3/2017 Angie Rosser: Why coal industry doesn’t want WV to monitor health of bugs in streams – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4/3/2017 April Pierson-Keating: An environment that promotes more cancer not what WV needs – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 4/1/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-04-10 14:44:382017-06-02 09:16:32April 2017
March 2017March 31, 2017 KEEN Effect Grantee Spotlight: West Virginia Rivers Coalition – KEEN, 3/30/2017 Coal bill passes WV Senate – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/29/2017 West Virginia Senate votes to revise water pollution limits – Wetzel Chronicle, 3/28/2017 West Virginia Senate Votes to Revise Water Pollution Limits – US News and World Report, 3/28/2017 Coal bill moves to WV Senate floor, with water quality changes intact – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/28/2017 WV Senate OKs bill that could increase water pollution – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/28/2017 State Senate Votes to Revise Water Pollution Limits – WV Public Broadcasting, 3/28/2017 WV Senate passes tank safety roll back, preps for water, drilling bills – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/25/2017 West Virginia OKs water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline – The Roanoke Times, 3/24/2014 New WV Senate bill leaves mine safety enforcement, targets water standards – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/23/2017 Trump budget cuts environmental, safety programs – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/16/2017 WV lawmakers back off larger rollback of chemical tank law – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/13/2017 Letter: In defense of a stream – Fauquier Times, 3/8/2017 Meeting highlights pipeline concerns – The Inter-Mountain, 3/8/2017 WV Senate leaders begin looking at water pollution bill – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3/3/2017 West Virginia House Votes to Revise Water Pollution Limits – Beloit Daily News, 3/1/2017 Group: vital information missing from pipeline permits – Beckley Register-Herald, 3/1/2017 W.Va. lawmakers support Trump’s actions to stop Waters of the United States rule – The WV Record, 3/1/2017 West Virginia May Change Water Pollution Rules – Water Online, 3/1/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-03-31 06:50:302017-04-11 06:52:59March 2017
February 2017February 28, 2017 Public hearing decries relaxing WV water quality standards – State Journal, 2/28/2017 Community to raise concerns, ask questions at Mountain Valley Pipeline meeting Tuesday – MetroNews, 2/28/2017 HB 2506 Drawing Heated Debate – WOWKTV, 3/25/2017 Water pollution bill makes broad changes sought by industry – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 2/25/2017 West Virginia Rivers Holds a Community Meeting on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline – WBOY, 2/23/2017 Public meeting to be held Feb. 28 regarding Mountain Valley Pipeline – Beckley Register Herald, 2/23/2017 Bill that allows more WV water pollution advances – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 2/22/2017 Upshur County Commission hears about proposed pipeline – Inter-Mountain, 2/17/2017 Judge blasts WVDEP, EPA over lack of mine pollution cleanup – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 2/14/2017 Community meeting for pipeline scheduled – The Inter-Mountain, 2/14/2017 Justice says he’s going to make DEP stop saying ‘no’ to industry – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 2/9/2017 State representatives vote to repeal Streams Protection Rule – Martinsburg Journal, 2/8/2017 Federal probe finds lax DEP oversight of mining – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 2/7/2017 Residents hear concerns about possible cuts to Water Quality Standards – Beckley Register-Herald, 2/5/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-02-28 06:56:212017-04-11 06:58:20February 2017
January 2017January 31, 2017 Amid protests from citizens, Caperton hires new DEP environmental advocate – Charleston Gazette-Mail. 1/31/2017 New secretary fires WVDEP environmental advocate – Charleston Gazette-Mail. 1/27/2017 Angie Rosser: A more welcoming WV would be more prosperous – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1/22/2017 Protecting Source Water in West Virginia: Stories of Progress in Achieving Healthy Waters – EPA, 1/19/2017 Residents urge thorough PSC probe of water crisis – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1/18/2017 PSC Holds Hearing About MCHM Water Crisis – Tristate Update, 1/18/2017 Third Anniversary of West Virginia Water Crisis – WOWKTV, 1/9/2017 Event commemorates 3-year anniversary of W.Va. chemical spill/water contamination – WSAZTV, 1/9/2017 Three Years After the Elk River Chemical Spill, Advocates Continue to Work to Protect Drinking Water – WV Public Broadcasting, 1/9/2017 3 years after MCHM spill, concern about WV drinking water remains – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1/9/2017 https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png 0 0 Kathleen Tyner https://fdfad2.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-1.png Kathleen Tyner2017-01-31 07:09:382017-04-11 07:09:59January 2017
September 2017
Judge to appoint special master to speed up coal-mine cleanups – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 9/28/2017
“Significant delays” projected as DEP takes steps toward additional review of pipeline project – MetroNews, 9/18/2017
DEP requests judge to vacate certification to Mountain Valley Pipeline – Beckley Register-Herald, 9/14/2017
WV DEP takes tougher stand on Mountain Valley Pipeline – WVVA.com, 9/14/2017
WV DEP concedes MVP permit needs to be ‘further evaluated’ – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 9/13/2017
Letter: Reader praises meetings on pipeline, gas – The Record Delta, 9/13/2017
W.Va. environmental agency to reconsider water quality permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline – Roanoke Times, 9/8/2017
WV DEP vacates permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 9/8/2017
West Virginia withdraws approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline – The Exponent Telegram, 9/8/2017
Labor Day float attracts swimmers to the Elk River – WSAZ, 9/4/2017
Labor Day brings Elk River Elkspedition – MetroNews, 9/4/2017
Watershed volunteers honored for efforts – The Preston County News & Journal, 9/1/2017
August 2017
West Virginia Rafting Company To Hold Free Trip On Elk River – The Gilmer Free Press, 8/29/2017
‘Our water is not invincible’ – The Record Delta, 8/28/2017
West Virginia rafting company to hold free trip on Elk River – The News Center, 8/28/2017
West Virginia Rafting Company to Hold Free Trip on Elk River – US News and World Report, 8/28/2017
West Virginia rafting company to hold free trip on Elk River – LA Times, 8/28/2017
ACE Adventures to assist rivers group with Elk event – Beckley Register Herald, 8/26/2017
Letter: Lawmakers should leave national monuments alone – Charleston gazette-Mail, 8/24/2017
WV DEP ignored water quality in MVP permit, court filing argues – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 8/16/2017
Public invited to take part in Elkspedition – Montgomery Herald, 8/16/2017
Outdoor Recreation in WV: 90,000 Jobs, $9 Billion Economic Activity – Public News Service, 8/11/2017
Video: Volunteers wanted for Elk River photo documentary – Herald-Dispatch, 8/10/2017
Water filtration system in West Virginia among the elite – Washington Post, 8/7/2017
Morgan County Commission hears pipeline concerns – The Journal, 8/3/2017
Environment Matters 2017 – Episode 5 Water Reporter – WVDEP Environment Matters, 8/2/2017
Headwater Streams and Wetlands Across the USA at Risk for More Pollution – Frack Check, 8/2/2017
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Can Add Excess Sediment to WV Streams – Frack Check, 8/2/2017
July 2017
Challenges to Pipelines Continue Past FERC – Public News Service, 7/28/2017
DEP orders halt to Rover Pipeline construction – Charleston Gazette Mail, 7/25/2017
River Network River Voices – River Network, 7/20/2017
Beckley Register Herald Thumbs Up – Beckley Register Herald, 7/8/2017
‘Cancer creek’ water rule issue back in DEP’s court – Charleston Gazette Mail, 7/6/2017
June 2017
Group Launches Elk River Flood Photo – Mountain Media, 6/26/2017
Wanted: Your summer photos of Elk River – WCHS, 6/26/2017
Summer photos of Elk River being sought for documentary project – MetroNews, 6/26/2017
FERC issues final impact statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline – The Exponent Telegram, 6/23/2017
Chief of state river protection group receives NWF’s highest conservation award – Fayette Tribune, 6/15/2017
WV Rivers Coalition’s Angie Rosser receives national conservation award – West Virginia Press Association, 6/13/2017
Angie Rosser of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition Honored With Charlie Shaw Conservation Partnership Award – NWF.org, 6/12/2017
Collin O’Mara, Angie Rosser: Antiquities Act anniversary a good time to defend public lands – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 6/10/2017
Environmental groups ask court to review W.Va. decision to issue pipeline water quality permit – Roanoke Times, 6/9/2017
WV DEP, its chief challenged on pipeline approval – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 6/9/2017
US judge denies EPA stay in acting on W.Va. Clean Water Act enforcement – S&P Global, 6/1/2017
Federal judge: Two W.Va. streams polluted by coal mine runoff – Kallanish Energy. 6/1/2017
May 2017
Fola Coal mine violated water quality protections – Beckley Register Herald, 5/31/2017
Strip mine pollution impaired streams, judge rules – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/30/2017
Fola Coal sued by environmental groups over alleged water pollution – State Journal, 5/25/2017
Energy industry fills Senate candidates’ coffers in WV – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/17/207
West Virginia To Treat Water Pollution at Forfeited Coal Mines – Sierra Club, 5/11/2017
West Virginia Rivers Coalition –Protecting the Water in Marlinton – Allegheny Mountain Radio, 5/5/2017
Environmentalists Urge Justice to Limit Budget Session – WV Public Broadcasting, 5/3/2017
Environmentalists Urge Justice to Limit Budget Session – US News and World Report, 5/3/2017
Gazette editorial: Legislative flub protects streams; leave it that way – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/2/2017
Water pollution changes lost when coal bill passed – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 5/1/2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
Amid protests from citizens, Caperton hires new DEP environmental advocate – Charleston Gazette-Mail. 1/31/2017
New secretary fires WVDEP environmental advocate – Charleston Gazette-Mail. 1/27/2017
Angie Rosser: A more welcoming WV would be more prosperous – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1/22/2017
Protecting Source Water in West Virginia: Stories of Progress in Achieving Healthy Waters – EPA, 1/19/2017
Residents urge thorough PSC probe of water crisis – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1/18/2017
PSC Holds Hearing About MCHM Water Crisis – Tristate Update, 1/18/2017
Third Anniversary of West Virginia Water Crisis – WOWKTV, 1/9/2017
Event commemorates 3-year anniversary of W.Va. chemical spill/water contamination – WSAZTV, 1/9/2017
Three Years After the Elk River Chemical Spill, Advocates Continue to Work to Protect Drinking Water – WV Public Broadcasting, 1/9/2017
3 years after MCHM spill, concern about WV drinking water remains – Charleston Gazette-Mail, 1/9/2017