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Court: WV’s Refusal to Comply With Clean Water Act Triggers EPA’s Duty to Step In
Today a federal judge ordered EPA to act within 30 days in light of the failure by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (“WVDEP”) to comply with the…
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Groups Celebrate Protections for PA State Park from Consol Mining Permit
Greene County, PA — The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) has forbidden Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (Consol) from mining within 100 feet of Kent Run…
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Fourth Circuit Court Affirms Clean Water Act Protections for West Virginia Families
Richmond, VA – Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion affirming that a West Virginia coal mine violated the Clean Water…
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Appalmad Files Sharp Critique of Mountain Valley Pipeline
Late yesterday, Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed sharp, comprehensive comments eviscerating the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s flawed review of the impacts of and need for Mountain Valley Pipeline. In over…
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspends Dominion permit involving reactor at North Anna
Good coverage of great new for the Mattoponi River. Appalachian Mountain Advocates sent a letter on behalf of the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter notifying the…
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Groups Condemn FERC’s Review of Proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal regulators today released a draft environmental review for the proposed fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline that public interest advocates…
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New Appeal to Defend Ban on Fracking Waste in Fayette Co, WV
Yesterday we filed an appeal to help defend Fayette County’s ban on underground injections of fracking wastes. The County passed the ban on the disposal, storage or use of…
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Groups Secure Settlement Requiring Alpha Natural Resources to Fund Community Restoration Projects
Richmond, VA — Appalachian Mountain Advocates (on behalf of its clients Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition) negotiated a groundbreaking settlement with coal…
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Board upholds DEP chemical tank designations
Appalachian Mountain Advocates had a big win yesterday when the Environmental Quality Board upheld new safety standards passed to prevent a repeat of the January 2014 Freedom Industries, a…
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Groups sue WVDEP to urge abandoned mine cleanup
Appalachian Mountain Advocates is representing a coalition of conservation groups in legal action to hold the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection accountable for cleaning up abandoned coal mine…
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