FAIRMONT – The state Department of Environmental Protection has $38 million in federal funds to plug certain oil and gas wells and is gathering public input on […]
Tag: WVDEP
May 5 letters to the editor
Recreating Sunnyside with downtown PODA? For decades, Morgantown city government looked askance at the bars and related activity in Sunnyside. Gatherings in the streets, couches burned and […]
WVDEP, DHHR issue statewide air quality advisory due to smoke from Canadian wildfires
CHARLESTON — If you’ve gone outside in the past day or two, you’ve noticed the haze. But that smokiness in the air doesn’t just make it harder […]
NETL employs new geospatial mapping technology to locate orphan gas wells
MORGANTOWN – National Energy Technology Laboratory is embracing a new technology called geospatial mapping to locate hard-to-find orphaned oil and gas wells. “Finding the location and characterizing […]
‘Forever chemicals’ in W.Va.’s water
As you may have heard, the U.S. Geological Survey recently released a report on the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in West Virginia’s water. The […]
Richard Mine AMD treatment plant begins to take shape
MORGANTOWN — The Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant is starting to take shape. The Dominion Post visited the site on Tuesday for a construction update. […]
State to receive $25 million in federal funds to plug orphaned gas wells; first installment from bipartisan infrastructure bill
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced that the state will receive $25 million in federal funds to cap 160 orphaned oil and gas […]
State DEP report shows PFAS contamination at 67 sites across West Virginia, outlines next steps
Just two days before the U.S. EPA released its new health advisory levels for four members of the PFAS chemical group, the Legislative Oversight Commission on State […]
March 13 letters to the editor
Not enough proof harm reduction works This letter is in response to the editorial published March 5. The editor took great liberty in drawing conclusions about my […]
House OKs bill lifting nuclear power ban, will go to governor; Senate OKs long-debated DEP rule regarding drinking water contamination
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates passed the bill to repeal the state’s limited ban on nuclear power, and it will head to the governor’s office. The […]
