FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Representatives from the U.S. EPA, West Virginia DHHR and FreshWater Accountability Project updated the Marion County Commission about study and cleanup measures at the Fairmont
It’s around 4 p.m. one fine summer afternoon on a West Virginia hilltop when Dr. Yuri Gorby, a former Department of Energy scientist, gets the first clicks on his Geiger counter. He is wearing a full-body plastic protective suit, and using the device to survey a span of odd brownish dirt near the dilapidated main building of Fairmont Brine Processing, a fracking waste treatment plant that ceased operations in 2017. “These are the highest readings I’ve ever seen!” he shouts. “You want to come
(The Center Square) — State and federal officials continue to monitor the impact of the Norfolk Southern train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, but independent scientists worry that indoor air