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West Virginia political leaders stand apart from a wide range of public health, labor and environmental groups in response to significant rules

West Virginia leaders and industry groups kept coming back to one word in their criticism of a suite of rules federal regulators finalized Thursday to lower greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric power plants.

of 2 West Virginia U.S. Senate candidates' campaigns have netted over $4 million in contributions in the 2024 election cycle, with most of that collected by Gov.

One of West Virginia's most prominent environmental groups has threatened to sue one of the state's most notorious polluters of substances tied to cancer and other adverse health impacts.

The West Virginia Public Service Commission has issued key approvals for a 2,060-megawatt gas-fired plant in Doddridge County, West Virginia. The PSC signed off plans for a gas-fired plant and potential carbon capture facility to go along with the plant.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is closing a long-gaping loophole on coal ash disposal oversight at surface impoundments throughout West Virginia. The proposal setting up the final EPA rule has drawn criticism from West Virginia-serving utilities American Electric Power and FirstEnergy as well as the state Public Service Commission.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline's lead developer indicated Tuesday the cost of the project has ballooned at a rate of $100 million per month since October.

of 2 West Virginia's two delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives are split on legislation targeting one of West Virginia's most pervasive environmental issues: abandoned gas and oil wells.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency says it's waiting on sign-off from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on a plan to remediate contaminated soil at Minden's Superfund site.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline ruptured in Virginia on May 2, 2024, just three weeks from a requested in-service date for the long-delayed project. Opponents, including those who live near the rupture in Bent Mountain, Virginia, say the rupture is evidence the project isn't ready for service.