United States Supreme Court to Consider Atlantic Coast Pipeline
By John McFerrin The United States Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that may decide the fate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Argument is expected in early 2020 with [...]
October, just like every other month, has been very busy at the Conservancy and within the environmental community. With the Conservancy it was another wonderful Annual Fall Review, which once [...]
Citizens Dissatisfied with MXP Road Maintenance Promises
By Cindy Ellis This little cautionary tale is not needed by those fighting the ACP and MVP. Nevertheless, it might bolster the arguments that they use about pipeline impacts by noting [...]
Can the Appalachian Trail Block a Natural Gas Pipeline?
By Noah Sachs A note before you begin: Noah Sachs is a law professor. Law professors are like lawyers only more so. There is a constant danger that they will veer off into jargon, [...]
Review by John McFerrin The Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking is a compilation of evidence outlining the risks and harms of fracking. It is [...]
By John McFerrin The Board did the usual business, hearing largely unremarkable reports on our finances and membership. We also heard several updates on things we are involved in and made [...]
A New Designation for the New River?
United States Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), have introduced the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Designation Act—legislation that would change the New River Gorge’s designation [...]
By Cindy Rank The word “April” brings to mind visions of a season of hope and transformation - awakening and new growth – increased light nudging the sleeping earth to [...]
The main item of business for the Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, held on October 20, 2019, was the election of Board members. Three of the previous Board [...]
Longtime Voice Editor Bill Reed Passes Away
Bill Reed, the gentle, kind, irascible, uncompromising curmudgeon who served as editor of The Highlands Voice from 1997 until 2002 (second longest tenure in Voice history) died on September 26, 2019, in Viola, Wisconsin. He [...]
In the morning of a late summer day, our father would open the door and say, “Smell the beebread.” And we would inhale deeply of the heavy scent, It had [...]
A Tour of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The major field trip of the Fall Review was the tour of a small part of the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, led by Rick Webb and a team [...]
Rollbacks Proposed for State Review of Stream Crossings
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new rule that would restrict the role of states in approving projects under the federal Clean Water Act. Under the federal [...]
by Nelson Tinnel On a barren hill all alone clings a tiny oak to a jagged stone The loggers came with wheel and claw No longer they use the axe [...]
