West Virginia Environmental Law

Issues and news in West Virginia environmental and energy law

Monday, March 29, 2010

Phase-In of Greenhouse Gas Regulation Proposed by EPA

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from EPA: EPA Formally Announces Phase-in of Clean Air Act Permitting for Greenhouse Gases Agency reiterates no stationary source requiremen...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

West Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Portions of DuPont Class Action Verdict

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An important decision was issued by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals this past week. Perrine v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours, et al , N...
Friday, March 26, 2010

EPA Vetoes 404 Permit for Arch Coal's Spruce Mine

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According to the New York Times, EPA has proposed a veto for the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 surface...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Peabody Energy Invests $15 Million in New Carbon Sequestration Process

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America - what a great country. That's the message from New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who wrote about a venture capital e...

EPA to Study Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing

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Huge reserves of natural gas are found in shale formations, but they hold the gas more tightly than sandstone formations, which have more po...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

West Virginia DEP Issues Draft 303(d) List

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Every couple of years, the WV DEP is required to publish a list of those streams that are impaired. This "303(d)list" (from the Cl...

Legal Battle Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions Heats Up

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Last year EPA determined that greenhouse gases (GHGs), like carbon dioxide and methane, pose a danger to the environment through their contr...
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I am a member of Robinson & McElwee, in Charleston, West Virginia, with over 20 years experience in environmental and natural resources law. This blog is intended for the casual reader interested in news about environmental and energy production issues, especially news items, government agency actions and legal decisions with a West Virginia connection.
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