WV – Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

Lobbyists and legislators have persistently promoted off-highway vehicle recreation on West Virginia’s public lands, Federal and state, for the last two years.

Off-road vehicles pose threat to public lands

A new project added this week to ABRA’s Conservation Hub highlights the growing threat off-road-vehicles (ORVs) pose to the environmental integrity of public lands. Sponsored by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the project includes an interactive online map to help educate the public and legislators regarding the impacts on West Virginia’s public lands.

Senate approves ceding site-specific water pollution permit limit oversight, weakening some water quality standards

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– Charleston Gazette-Mail – 1/31/22

Concerns raised over hydrogen hub proposal for Appalachia

A coalition of energy, petrochemical and steel companies announced on February 3 the formation of an alliance to develop a low-carbon and hydrogen industrial hub in the Appalachian region, specifically in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The group plans to build out an infrastructure for “blue” hydrogen production,

Appeals on MVP water certification filed with Fourth Circuit

The December decisions by Virginia and West Virginia to grant water certificates to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) have been appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Appalachian Mountain Advocates (Appalmad) filed with the Fourth Circuit on behalf of Sierra Club and five other conservation groups a petition for review of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s December 30 approval of a permit for the MVP under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

Army Corps of Engineers again pushes back deadline for DEP decision on key water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline

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– Charleston Gazette-Mail – 11/30/21

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