Months after the June floods, West Virginia communities are still need of volunteers to help clean up and rebuild damaged areas.
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Create Your State Uses Art to Create Change
The Create Your State Tour provides workshops that use live music and visuals to show participants how to ignite arts-based community development in their West Virginia towns.
Mountaintop Removal Mine Shut Down in WV
The KD#2 surface coal mine in West Virginia was permanently halted by state regulators after a two-year, resident-led campaign to close the mine.
Community and conservation groups condemn FERC’s review of proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline
Contact: Joe Lovett, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, 304-520-2324, jlovett@appalmad.org Laurie Ardison, Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights, 304-646-8339, ikeandash@yahoo.com Kirk Bowers, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 434-296-8673, kirk.bowers@sierraclub.org Kelly Trout, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 240-396-2022, kelly@chesapeakeclimate.org Lara Mack, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373, lara@appvoices.org WASHINGTON,…
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Citizen action leads to closure of KD#2 mountaintop removal mine
After two years of pressure from citizens, West Virginia permanently halted mining at the KD#2 mountaintop removal coal mine. But the mine has already damaged land and water. This guest post features a statement from the Kanawha Forest Coalition.
Rebuilding Continues in Wake of Devastating West Virginia Floods
Extreme flooding in West Virginia killed 23 people and caused immense damage to roads, businesses and houses. Rebuilding continues after this thousand-year event.
Disputes Over West Virginia’s Water
West Virginia American Water faces public pressure surrounding surcharge proposal and safety concerns related to previous chemical spill.
Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in West Virginia
Two mountaintop removal coal mines are proposed in West Virginia, and another relatively new mine faces a pollution lawsuit. Meanwhile, federal courts upheld the EPA’s denial of the largest mountaintop removal permit ever proposed.
West Virginia County Denied Regulation of Frack Wastewater, Regional Problem Unveiled
A federal judge invalidated an ordinance that banned fracking wastewater from being stored, disposed of or used in Fayette County, West Virginia.
OSMRE announces review of mountaintop removal health research
Contact: Erin Savage, Central Appalachia Campaign Coordinator, 206-769-8286 The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announced today that it will fund a $1 million review by the National Academy of Sciences of current research on the links…
