The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan is hosting eight free tire collection events in October. Locations include Monongalia County, where tires can […]
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WVDEP accepting submissions for ‘Roadsides in Bloom’ calendar
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 […]
Three Greer companies violate state pollution discharge permit levels; penalties total $573,525
MORGANTOWN – Three Greer Industries companies were assessed civil penalties totaling $573,525 for violations for the state Water Pollution Control Act. The state Department of Environmental Protection […]
WVDEP, ORSANCO introducing Mini-Sweeps along Ohio River
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 […]
Spring cleanup efforts remove 500 tons of trash
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — More than 8,500 volunteers removed 489 tons of litter from West Virginia’s landscape during spring cleanup programs sponsored by the West Virginia Department of […]
Registration open for virtual State Junior Conservation Camp
CHARLESTON — For the second consecutive year, West Virginia’s annual State Junior Conservation Camp will be presented virtually. Typically, the five-day, overnight camp for 11- to 14-year-olds […]
WVDEP partners on mapping project
Newsroom@DominionPostWV CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wetlands Inventory to complete new wetland maps covering 2.8 […]
‘We have a lot to lose now’: FOC water chemistry results cause concern after T&T Mine event
MORGANTOWN — Chemistry test results collected by Friends of the Cheat has caused the organization concern over the long-term impacts the T&T Mine event may have on […]
Income tax cut not what current and future West Virginians want
As Gov. Jim Justice promotes his income tax cut proposal, he touts eliminating the tax as this great thing that will bring thousands of new people to […]
Friends of the Cheat concerned over impact on ecosystem following former mine discharge incident
Stream conditions for Muddy Creek and the Cheat River are returning to normal following a recent discharge of untreated water related to the former T&T Mine in […]
