Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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Government Maria Young, Jun. 25, 2025

Water, Sewer Projects Earmarked For State, Federal Funds

Gov. Patrick Morrisey said the funds will be used to upgrade water infrastructure, protect the public health and expand water and sewer systems.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jun. 13, 2025

Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Power Plant Air Pollution Exemptions

A coalition of environmental groups has sued the Trump administration for exempting dozens of power plants from federal air pollution rules, including three in West Virginia. ...

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jan. 30, 2025

Company Seeks Appeals Court Reversal Of Union Carbide Ruling

Courtland this week filed a 93-page brief with the Fourth U.S Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Dec. 11, 2024

Appalachian Power Outlines Options For 2 W.Va. Coal Plants

Appalachian Power said it can convert two of its coal-burning plants in West Virginia to 40 percent gas by 2030, 100 percent gas by 2030, or shut both down by 2032.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Dec. 06, 2024

Lawsuit Filed Over PFAS Discharge From Chemours Plant

The complaint alleges that Chemours failed to meet the requirements of a 2023 agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address water pollution from its Washington Works plant near Parkersburg.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Dec. 03, 2024

EPA Seeks Comment On Carbon Injection Well Permitting

The EPA has proposed to approve the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s application to issue permits for and regulate carbon storage wells.

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