Last fall, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, along with other conservation groups, toured Kanawha State Forest looking at operational and abandoned gas wells. Along with the more than 60 miles
FOLLANSBEEE On Monday, Follansbee Council learned of plans by a local environmental group to monitor air pollution from local industries and was asked to as
The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee approved House Bill 5223, which would create a council to provide economic development assistance to southern coalfield counties. The bill s approval comes amid the dormancy of another body that was created for a similar purpose in 2022, the Coalfield Community Grant Facilitation Commission.
The West Virginia House of Delegates Energy and Manufacturing Committee has scheduled a public hearing on House Bill 5018, which would bar Department of Environmental Protection use of community air monitoring data for regulatory purposes in establishing air quality standards. Opponents say the bill would discourage citizen air monitoring and frustrate efforts to supplement the DEP s air quality monitoring network, which doesn t provide monitors in most West Virginia counties.