Energy & Enviornment

New Partnership Invests $150 Million For Rare Earth Mineral Development In W.Va.

Three business have formed a partnership in Greenbrier County, W.Va., to extract valuable rare earth minerals left behind in the coal mining process.

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Chemours Agrees To $450 Million PFAS Settlement

The Chemours Company has agreed to pay $450 million for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) releases at four facilities in three states, including West Virginia.

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Encore: Crisis Response Teams And Essays On Nature, Inside Appalachia

This week, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, changes to the Endangered Species Act could benefit big business. They could also kill animals like the eastern hellbender. And, in troubled times, a West Virginia writer says to find peace in nature.

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House Rejects Senate Amendment To Energy Bill, Asks Upper Chamber To Recede

The Senate inserted a copy of SB 420 into HB 4026, an unrelated bill, despite the Senate bill advancing through the legislature.

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