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On this episode of The Legislature Today, Curtis Tate speaks with Emmett Pepper of Energy Efficient West Virginia and Lucia Valentine of the West Virginia Environmental Council about energy and environment legislation they’re following, including Senate Bill 592, which would relax safeguards for aboveground storage tanks.
Monday was also Environment Day at the Capitol. Groups held a public hearing outside the House chamber in opposition to Senate Bill 592. An aboveground storage tank leak in 2014 contaminated the drinking water supply for 300,000 residents in the Charleston area.
In the Senate, rules committees don’t meet very often, and bills assigned to them are often considered shelved for the session. As Chris Schulz reports, two bills nearing completion in the Senate were sent to the chamber’s Rules Committee.
In the House, the chamber reviewed several bills for their final reading, touching on topics like voter registration and reading education. Jack Walker brings us the rundown.
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Public comment on the application for the standalone energy microgrid, slated to be built between the towns of Davis and Thomas at the head of Canaan Valley, was largely against the permit’s approval. However the DEP said most commenters failed to provide a technical or regulatory basis for a reconsideration.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPublic comments will be accepted on West Virginia’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD), funding proposal through 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 26.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMartin told the Bluefield community Wednesday that together, they will shape not only the future of the university, but of southern West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, South Fork Coal – which had operations that were contested by numerous conservation groups – has idled its operations and furloughed its remaining employees. And, a little-known piece of Harpers Ferry’s storied history is getting some attention.
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