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THEIR VIEW: Holding on to the past denies coal's future
CHARLESTON -- Here in West Virginia, we take pride in our way of life – in our families, our communities, our jobs. That pride is well placed. Because when each of these things is intact, there's simply no way of living that rivals West Virginia's. -
EPA must end its war on W.Va. coal
Al Armendariz described his approach to his job as Region 6 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and perhaps, the general approach of the entire EPA as setting out to crucify a group of energy companies to pacify the industry. -
Couples sue for gas well explosion injuries
MOUNDSVILLE – Two couples are suing AB Resources PA, LLC after they claim the company is responsible for injuries sustained because of a gas well explosion. -
Maloney calls for EPA's Jackson resignation
Maloney MORGANTOWN -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney is demanding Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to call for the firing of Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson. -
THEIR VIEW: How the EPA aims to kill coal
Rubinstein WASHINGTON -- A case can be made, upon reviewing the full sweep of President Barack Obama's first term, that the Administration's top priority has not been health care, the Iranian nuclear program or economic recovery. It has been, instead, the U.S. coal industry's ruination. -
Monsanto settlement will establish 30-year medical monitoring program
WINFIELD - A "comprehensive" settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit filed against Monsanto and related companies over its old plant in Nitro was given preliminary approval on Friday by a West Virginia circuit court judge. -
Monsanto trial could start next week
WINFIELD - A spokeswoman for the state Supreme Court of Appeals says a class action lawsuit filed against Monsanto and related companies over its old plant in Nitro could go to trial in Putnam County next week. -
Justices reject Omar monitoring suit
CHARLESTON – Seven years of searching for witnesses and evidence didn't turn up enough of either to save a suit for medical monitoring of everyone who worked or played at Omar Elementary School in Chauncey since 1964. -
Capito: EPA's 'extreme agenda,' regulations are killing jobs
Capito WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, co-founder of the Congressional Coal Caucus, says the federal Environmental Protection Agency's "extreme agenda" and regulations are destroying jobs. -
EPA chief went too far, federal judge says
Jackson WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson exceeded her authority by imposing new water quality rules on mountaintop coal mines, a judge has ruled. -
Time to apply the duck test to the EPA
Is the Environmental Protection Agency trying to worsen our ailing economy, or does it just look that way? -
W.Va., others file opposition to new EPA regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- West Virginia, 24 other states and Guam have filed an amicus brief urging the Environmental Protection Agency to delay the implementation of new emissions regulations. -
Feds sue W.Va. company for site cleanup
CHARLESTON -- The federal government is suing a West Virginia company for the costs it incurred after cleaning up potentially hazardous substances at a Dunbar facility owned by the company. -
Environmental groups sue Argus over selenium
HUNTINGTON -- Three environmental groups are suing Argus Energy LLC, alleging the company has discharged and continues to discharge selenium, a pollutant considered toxic by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. -
DEP chief says EPA undermined state power
WASHINGTON – Federal regulators usurped West Virginia's authority when they delayed water quality permits for mountaintop coal mines, state environmental secretary Randy Huffman pleaded in federal court on July 13. -
THEIR VIEW: McGraw fails to step up
HARPERS FERRY -- In the ongoing legal fights against unchecked federal government regulation and authority, a state's Attorney General should be on the front lines. From a constitutional perspective, an Attorney General is supposed to uphold the rule of law as the top legal officer and leading law enforcement official of a state. A successful Attorney General should be actively engaged in interpreting and challenging laws. -
EPA: Mountaintop mining rules will change
Moreno WASHINGTON – Water quality regulators who restricted mountaintop coal mining and defended the record behind their decision announce the rules and the record will change. -
Massey to sponsor nature preserve, pay $40K to settle claims
Copenhaver CHARLESTON – Massey Energy will sponsor a nature preserve and pay the United States $40,000, to settle claims that its mines discharged aluminum into public waters. -
Mollohan eager to practice law again
Mollohan HUNTINGTON – Former Congressman Alan B. Mollohan of Fairmont has joined the Huntington and Washington, D.C., law offices of Nelson Mullins. -
State wants judge to repeal delay on water quality permits
WASHINGTON – West Virginia environmental protection secretary Randy Huffman asks U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton to repeal federal procedures that delay water quality permits for mountaintop mines.