WV Groups Seek to End Water Pollution at Shuttered Mines
Environmental groups including Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and Sierra Club initiated legal action today to stop pollution from three valley fills at the site of the now “reclaimed” White Flame mountaintop removal mine.
PA DEP Not Protecting Environment (Nor People Who Live in It)
Fracking for shale gas in our broader region began about ten years ago in Pennsylvania. So, how is that working out for the people who live in the industrial-fracking areas? How is the PA DEP doing? An October series by Central PA news outlet PennLive is entitled "PA. regulators fail to protect environment during Marcellus Shale boom." Here’s a summary of their exhaustive investigation.
Rogersville Shale Info Sheet
Rogersville Shale map and some gleanings from Internet research.
Answering Some Questions About the Patriot Settlement
The State Journal has listed the news regarding the groundbreaking November settlement between OVEC and others […]