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Category: Environment

Chuck Crookshanks
Posted inEnvironment

Even with new legislation, it could be years before drinking water in West Virginia is free of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Avatar photo by Allen Siegler May 2nd, 2023May 2nd, 2023
Posted inEconomy

Public lands or private profit? West Virginia RV campground debate raises questions over role of state parks

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Ellie Heffernan and P.R. Lockhart April 27th, 2023April 26th, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

How we measured the environmental cost of bankrupt mines

Avatar photo by Scott Pham for ProPublica, Ken Ward Jr. and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica April 26th, 2023April 26th, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

In the game of musical mines, environmental damage takes a back seat

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Ken Ward Jr., Alex Mierjeski and Scott Pham for ProPublica April 26th, 2023April 26th, 2023
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Mountain State Spotlight explains: Why West Virginia’s reliance on volatile severance taxes is problematic

Avatar photo by P.R. Lockhart April 10th, 2023July 27th, 2023
Posted inWest Virginia Legislature

West Virginia coal industry pushes for state office to recruit miners, promote coal benefits

Avatar photo by Alexa Beyer January 24th, 2023January 23rd, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

The U.S. Forest Service plans to clear-cut in the Monongahela National Forest. West Virginians worry it’s a return to the state’s destructive logging past

Avatar photo by Alexa Beyer January 4th, 2023January 5th, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Justice-owned company to pay nearly $1 million for chronic air pollution violations

Mountain State Spotlight Favicon by Max Blau, ProPublica December 12th, 2022December 14th, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

West Virginia lawmakers created a commission to help struggling coal communities. Gov. Jim Justice still hasn’t appointed members.

Avatar photo by Alexa Beyer November 29th, 2022November 29th, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

As Corridor H nears completion, residents fight state highway officials to route it around their towns

Avatar photo by Alexa Beyer November 15th, 2022January 13th, 2023

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