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West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Energy and Environment Reporter Brittany Patterson joins us again on The Legislature Today to lead a discussion exploring environmental issues in West Virginia. She brings us a special report from Minden, West Virginia, and she chats with a lawmaker in the House of Delegates who’s also an environmental scientist.
An explosive meeting in the House Government Organization Committee led to heated remarks on the House floor. In committee, members discussed an amendment to a bill that would have prevented adding protected classes not currently stipulated in state code when making changes to city regulations and requirements. As Senior Statehouse Reporter Dave Mistich reports, the amendment failed 10-12, but it sparked heated conversation about civil rights for the LGBTQ community.
Hundreds of West Virginians who have served in the military came to the Capitol with specific requests for lawmakers. Reporter Randy Yohe has this report.
Del. Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, speaks with Reporter Brittany Patterson, and we hear updates to a decades-old environmental nightmare for the small Fayette County town of Minden.
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There are just over 6,000 abandoned or orphaned natural gas wells in West Virginia, according to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Some estimates suggest that number is low. The surprising thing, though, is where some of them are located.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThroughout the Southern United States, you’ll often find three-pronged leaves with hairy vines swallowing entire sections of forests. It can be a beautiful sight at first glance. But the invasive plant causes persistent ecological problems in the region. We look at the efforts to tackle the ‘vine that ate the south.’
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, the Trump administration invests in coal, Medicaid concerns rise in the Mountain State, and Mountaineer Food Bank expands.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, some of the stories on our show inspired college student art — including a vivid image of a bear smashing a clarinet. Also, a Hare Krishna community in West Virginia serves vegetarian food made in three sacred kitchens. And, COVID-19 exposed the contempt society has for marginalized people. One author says, these folks are anything but passive.
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