Volunteers Swarm Flood-Ravaged Regions Of W.Va.
Scores of volunteers have poured into flood-worn north-central West Virginia, bringing cleanup supplies and food that residents need for the long recovery ahead.
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Mountaintop Removal
Enviro Lawsuit Aims To Stop Operations at Raleigh County Surface Mine
A coalition of environmental groups are suing to stop a mountaintop removal coal mining operation in Raleigh County. In the lawsuit filed Friday, Coal…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRemembering Ben Stout: An Environmental Legacy
The region just lost a powerhouse of environmental science and advocacy with the death of professor Benjamin Stout. Stout’s work as an educator, an expert…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWatch 30 Years of Mountaintop Removal Spread Across Appalachia
The recent downturn in coal mining has slowed its spread, but mountaintop removal mining has already reached across the coalfields over the past 30…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Permanently Halts Coal Mine by State Forest
West Virginia environmental regulators are ordering a company to stop mining permanently at a surface coal mine near Kanawha State Forest.Keystone Industries LLC signed the consent order with the Department of Environmental Protection last month to permane...
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Groups Reach $6M Coal Mine Cleanup Deal
A $6 million settlement has been reached in federal court that will restore damage from West Virginia mountaintop removal mines.The Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy announced the settlement with the Virginia Conser...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNegative Health Outcomes Linked to Mountaintop Removal
The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced it will fund a million dollar review of current research on links between…
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