We find it mind-boggling when West Virginia politicians — ones who have grown up here, not just swooped in to fill an elected office — don’t support clean water regulations. At the end of December, the Environmental Protection Agency released a new rule to redefine “waters of the ...
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 study came at the behest of the state Legislature and was done in conjunction with several West Virginia agencies, ...
by Noah Feldman Liberals are understandably delighted that Congress has managed to repudiate the outcome of at least one major case the Supreme Court decided in June. Although it seems certain that no federal legislation will be passed to try to reinstate Roe v. Wade and abortion ...
If the rest of the nation didn’t think highly of West Virginia before, they certainly won’t now. Because, the Supreme Court sided with Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA now has limited power to, oh, you know, protect ...
MORGANTOWN — State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led the pack of people celebrating the victory in West Virginia v. EPA on Thursday. “When you have something this big, something with vast economic and political significance, that represents an extraordinary question, and that means ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a lawsuit along with his counterparts in 16 states challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s choice to allow California to exercise extraordinary authority under the Clean Air Act. The exemption would ...