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In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’
Davis and Ware want to use the church that once divided McDowell County into miners and management to reclaim what has been ...
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered West Virginia Species From Coal Hauling
“The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has a 55-year history of ... “It is deeply disappointing that the Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service have enabled South Fork Coal Company's ...
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Reclaiming and Revitalizing Resources in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields
The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources.
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WV groups urge shutdown of Monongahela coal haul road
Advocates want federal regulators to shut down what they say is an illegal coal haul road in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest. South Fork Coal Company obtained a state mining permit in ...
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Feds issue new threat to take over enforcement of Justice coal company mine
Federal regulators have threatened to take over enforcement authority from West Virginia for another coal mine permit in United States Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va.’s business empire. The U.S. Office of ...
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Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Candy Darter From West Virginia Coal Hauling
WASHINGTON— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for failing to protect streams in the Cherry River watershed from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the ... program director of ...