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Supreme Court won't block EPA rules on methane, mercury emissions
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block Environmental Protection Agency regulations that would have curbed methane emissions at oil and gas facilities. -
Morrisey leads coalition supporting lawsuit against EPA electric vehicles rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading an amicus brief with five other AGs in support of a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by 16 states against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Morrisey joins lawsuit with other AGs challenging EPA California Clean Air Act exemption
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has joined a lawsuit along with 16 other state AGs challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to give California exemption to the Clean Air Act. -
Morrisey calls EPA appeal one of state's 'most consequential cases in decades'
WASHINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey calls an appeal he’s leading against the Environmental Protection Agency before the U.S. Supreme Court “one of the most consequential cases our state has seen in decades.” -
Morrisey cheers U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear EPA challenge
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the state's challenge to a ruling by the appeals court that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to have what he says is nearly unlimited authority that could devastate coal mining and increase energy costs. -
Panel rules Morgantown man can be released on bond as he awaits trial for U.S. Capitol siege
WASHINGTON – A West Virginia man charged in the assault of a U.S. Capitol police officer during the January 6 insurrection can be released on bond while he awaits trial. -
WEST VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Morrisey, 19-State Petition Urges Supreme Court to Limit EPA Authority, Protect Jobs
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led a 19-state coalition Thursday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take swift action to stop an appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency virtually unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life with rules that would devastate coal mining, increase energy costs and eliminate countless jobs. -
Morrisey leads 19-state petition urging Supreme Court to limit EPA authority
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a 19-state coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take action to stop an appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency what he calls "virtually unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life with rules that would devastate coal mining, increase energy costs and eliminate countless jobs." -
WEST VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Morrisey Fights For Coal Miners
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led a bipartisan coalition of 22 states, along with unions and trade associations, fighting for coal miners Thursday in urging a federal appeals court to support the Trump administration’s push for sensible regulation that protects the economy. -
Morrisey leads coalition in court push to support Trump energy rules
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led a bipartisan coalition of 22 states, along with unions and trade associations, fighting for coal miners in asking a federal appeals court to support the Trump administration’s push for sensible regulation that protects the economy. -
Morrisey leads coalition seeking repeal of Clean Power Plan, supporting Trump replacement rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a bipartisan coalition of 22 states, along with unions and trade associations, in two briefs supporting the repeal of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and expressing support for the Trump administration’s replacement Affordable Clean Energy rule. -
Mining unions want MSHA to issue coronavirus protections for miners
CHARLESTON — Two unions have filed a petition with a federal appeals court against the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) asking for protection against the contraction of infectious diseases for union miners. -
Morrisey responds to lawsuit against EPA for new clean energy rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey responded to a lawsuit filed against the Trump Administration's Affordable Clean Energy rule. -
Murray Energy loses appeal involving alleged miner intimidation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Murray American Energy lost an appeal in a suit claiming he intimidated miners when they reported unsafe working conditions. -
Morrisey joins coalition to defend government's right to refuse abortions to unlawfully present, underage immigrants
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a coalition of 10 other states to defend the right for the federal government to refuse abortions to unlawfully present, underage immigrants. -
Morrisey urges Manchin to support Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging Sen. Joe Manchin to support President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Morrisey appoints See as state's new solicitor general
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced the appointment of Lindsay S. See as the state’s second solicitor general. -
Three-judge panel denies stay requested by environmental groups in Mountain Valley Pipeline project
CHARLESTON – A three-judge panel denied a stay requested by environmental groups in an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. -
Emergency petition filed to stay FERC order in pipeline appeals
CHARLESTON – An emergency petition has been filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to stop the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from blocking challenges to its approval of new natural gas pipelines. -
The Clean Power Plan is a 'government knows best' power play
Last year, West Virginia State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and peers from other states successfully challenged the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan (CPP) in court and delayed its implementation.