MORGANTOWN – A bill working its way through the Senate could more than double the number of oil and gas well inspectors working across the state. SB 448 proposes three means of raising money for the chronically underfunded Office of Oil and Gas to pay for more inspectors. OO&G relies ...
Agency will honor top environmental educators in 2022 Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan is accepting applications for the 2022 Make It Shine Environmental Teacher of the Year ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is taking submissions for the 19th Annual West Virginia Operation Wildflower 2022 “Roadsides in Bloom” calendar contest. The deadline for entries is Wednesday. The following rules for the ...
CHARLESTON — One of the nation’s largest stream cleanup events has been modified due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since 1989, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has partnered with the environmental protection agencies from West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, ...
MORGANTOWN – Mon Health Medical Center has reached a settlement agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection regarding violations of the Hazardous Waste Management Act that occurred in 2017 and 2019. DEP announced the settlement in a consent order published Friday. DEP ...
MORGANTOWN – Local natural gas producer Northeast Natural Energy has joined the effort to clean up the toxic drainage pouring from the Richard Mine into Deckers Creek. Northeast announced that it has partnered with the state Department of Environmental Protection to cover the annual cost ...