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Mountain Valley Pipeline No Longer Approved for Stream Crossings
The Pittsburgh office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers has now suspended the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s authority to cross streams and wetlands. In Previous Episodes (if you have…
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Still No Pipeline Crossing the Greenbrier River
The Circuit Court of Summers County, Judge Robert Irons, has now heard evidence and arguments concerning the Mountain Valley Pipelines and its Natural Stream Preservation Act Permit to cross…
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20 Years of Red Spruce Ecosystem Restoration
By Dave Saville Twenty years ago, Highlands Conservancy members were concerned about the Balsam Woolly Adelgid and the exotic insect pest’s decimation of the balsam fir stands in West Virginia. …
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The con at the heart of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
By Robert Zullo It can’t be said enough, and it’s something that’s easy to lose sight of amid the labyrinthine legal and permitting debates around the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,…
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Explanation and apology
Dear Members, This is a message – an abject apology – to our members who have recently renewed. There was what I am sure was a frustrating problem, in that…
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Thoughts from our president: Reviewing the review
October was a very busy month, saddened by the loss of a longtime, from the beginning of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, friend, board member and supporter of the…
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Corridor H: Cease and Desist!
By Hugh Rogers The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a cease-and-desist order to Kokosing Company, which is building a 7.5-mile section of Corridor H in Tucker County….
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Mountain Valley Pipeline Halted (for now) in Summers County
The Circuit Court of Summers County (Robert Irons, J) has granted a temporary stay of construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline where it is proposed to cross the Greenbrier…
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Department of the Interior Kills Rule to Prevent Methane Waste on Public Lands
By John McFerrin The United States Department of the Interior has eliminated a rule that would reduce the leaking of methane from wells on public land. The rule being eliminated would…
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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Wants to Make Pipeline Permitting Easier
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is trying to change the conditions that are placed on permits for stream and wetland crossings for natural gas…
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