W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
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PSC Chair: EPA Rules Would Threaten W.Va. Power Plant Upgrades
PSC Chair Charlotte Lane said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules would jeopardize hundreds of millions of dollars of investments in the state’s coal fleet.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAttorney General Sues EPA Over New Power Plant Rules
West Virginia and Indiana are leading a lawsuit, along with 25 other states, against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop new rules on existing coal and new natural gas-fired power plants.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEPA, For Now, Defers To State Officials On Union Carbide Landfill Cleanup
Union Carbide is working with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) on a voluntary remediation of the Filmont landfill. The site is the subject of an ongoing federal lawsuit over water pollution and was listed by EPA as a Superfund site.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEPA Lists Union Carbide South Charleston Landfill As Superfund Site
An ongoing case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia will determine whether Union Carbide, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, will pay civil penalties.
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DEP Motions To Intervene In EPA Settlement
The state Department of Environmental Protection has filed a motion in federal court to intervene in a proposed settlement to limit mining pollutants in streams. At the heart of the issue is the Guyandotte River and the alleged failure of the DEP to administer water testing and limits for ionic toxicity in 11 state streams that affect 100,000 people. As a result, conservation groups filed a lawsuit.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEPA Foes Vow To Block Power Plant Rules. It May Not Matter
Regardless of whether the rule stands or falls, the standards it sets could happen anyway.
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