West Virginia Environmental Law

Issues and news in West Virginia environmental and energy law

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Japan Asking for More US Natural Gas

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Japan is feeling the effects of shuttering its nuclear power plants, and needs liquified natural gas  to run its power plants.  According to...
Monday, February 11, 2013

West Virginia to Change Aluminum, Beryllium Criteria

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 The DEP will be holding a public hearing to discuss the proposed emergency rule establishing new criteria for aluminum and beryllium. The...
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Ohio Proposes Higher Severance Fees for Oil and Gas Producers

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Pam Kasey of the State Journal reports that Ohio's Gov. Kasich is proposing an increase in oil and gas severance fees, but at rates l...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decrease Without EPA Controls

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For those worried about Global Warming, EPA's greenhous gas emissions report shows reductions in GHG emissions from 2010 to 2011.  EP...

Android App Could Improve Local Weather Forecasting

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These new phones and their apps continue to amaze me. Evidently some recent Android phones come with a pressure sensor that measures barom...
Friday, February 1, 2013

Lawsuit Threatened Over West Virginia's Impaired Streams List

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            The Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition have advised EPA that they...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Lynas Recants Views on Genetically Modified Food

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Mark Lynas, one of the environmental activists who helped to organize  the opposition to genetically modified organisms, has recanted and no...
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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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