-
Endangered Species Threatened by Mining
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, along with the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition have sent a notice of intent to sue…
Continue reading -
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Speed up Pipeline Construction
By John McFerrin On April 10, 2019, President Trump signed the Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth. Its goal is to speed up the construction of oil…
Continue reading -
If Everybody Did
By John McFerrin One of the books of my youth was If Everybody Did. It was a series pictures of behaviors followed by what would happen if everyone took the…
Continue reading -
Board Highlights
The spring Board meeting of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy was more informational than decisional. We had the usual presentations on the status of the organization: financial (not broke;…
Continue reading -
Strip Mines and Health
By John McFerrin There have been some developments of interest to those who are concerned that large strip mines might be making people sick. The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has long…
Continue reading -
Interior Department Must Do Environmental Assessment Before Leasing Coal on Public Lands
A United States District Court in Montana has ruled that the United States Departmental of the Interior acted illegally when it tried to lift a memorandum on leasing coal…
Continue reading -
Pump Storage: a Case Study
By Dave Cooper Recent articles in The Highlands Voiceabout the proposed Big Run Pump Storage project in Tucker County written by Kent Karriker and Randy Kesling have been both interesting…
Continue reading -
The Broad Form of the Company’s Deeds
(Grandad all you bought was the air) .„and excepting and reserving all the coal and other minerals and other substances on, in, and underlying said land together with the right of removing and taking away the…
Continue reading -
Big Fun on the Horizon!
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review will be Oct. 18-19-20, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Put it on your calendar now, in big letters, and plan to be there. …
Continue reading -
Questions Raised about Proposed Mine Safety Testing Facility
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) wants to build a facility that it could use for…
Continue reading