Calendar of Events:

Wednesday, March 1: Public Comment Session for ACP pipeline draft EIS in Elkins, WV 5:00 – 9:00 pm, Gandy Dancer Theater, 359 Beverly Pike, Elkins, WV  26241. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21393847/DEIS%20Notice%20of%20Availability%2020161230-3005%2831865337%29.pdf   Thursday,…

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What is The Cost of Subsidies?

By Larry V. Thomas Senate Bill 16 (SB16), proposing to repeal West Virginia Code Section §11-6A-5a has been introduced in the legislature and is making its way through the House,…

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Move Afoot to Weaken Water Quality Protections

The West Virginia Legislature is actively considering a bill (HB 2506) that would weaken West Virginia’s water quality protections. It would do two things.  First, it would change how compliance…

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West Virginia Lax in Stream Cleanup

By John McFerrin The United States District Court has ruled that West Virginia was lax in its duty to beginning cleaning up impaired streams and that the United States Environmental…

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Insider View of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Marketing Machine

Each month in The Highlands Voice, and on our website, we offer for sale a variety of t-shirts, hats, etc.  For the offerings in the Voice, we are fortunate…

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Going, Going, Gone

After fifteen years in the making, the “stream protection rule” lasted about a month in effect. According to the official press release, the new rule “updates 33-year old regulations…

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HIGH-RISK DRILLING THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE

By Rick Webb The Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition has submitted a report to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Atllantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)…

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“Persistent Failures” Says Office of Surface Mining

By Cindy Rank In June 2013 eighteen state and national public interest groups including, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, filed a petition with the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSMRE)…

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Big Mining Continues

Contrary to what many believe, Mountaintop Removal and other large scale mining has not disappeared from southern West Virginia.             Ask the brave folks at Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW)…

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