A report issued May 25 by the Michigan Ecology Center and the Sierra Club should make gardeners who use "natural" fertilizers made from sewage sludge think twice. The report details how sludge can contain PFAs -- forever chemicals that persist…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-05-26 14:17:242021-05-26 14:19:37Study Shows Using Fertilizer Made from Sludge Can Bring Forever Chemicals Into the Home
Every year at this time, those of us interested in environmental preservation and conservation take stock of what the West Virginia Legislature has done for, or to, the environment. Sadly this process usually results in the same conclusion. …
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-04-26 14:47:572021-04-26 14:47:57West Virginia Legislature Ignores the Environment (Almost)
In 2019 a fisherman noticed black seepage from Verso’s paper mill at Luke Maryland into the North Branch of the Potomac River. The seepage turned out to be “black liquor” from the papermaking process coming from several sources along…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-04-05 13:23:572021-04-05 13:23:57Consent Decree Requires Verso to Clean Up Potomac River Pollution from Luke MD Paper Mill
The House Health and Human Services Committee on Friday, March 4 sent a bill exempting above-ground storage tanks from regulation even though located on the banks of rivers and streams close to public water intakes. The vote by 13 Republicans…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-03-06 15:21:052021-03-06 15:23:43House Committee Advances Bill Deregulating Storage Tanks to House
Awhile back, a good friend of mine spent half an hour complaining to me about having to pay an additional $100 when he registered his Prius hybrid vehicle. That caused me to wonder why West Virginia would want to discourage the ownership of…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-03-02 09:02:232021-03-03 09:33:44Higher Registration Fees For Hybrid Vehicles – What’s Up With That?
They’re at it again. Under the cover of the Covid pandemic, when citizens can’t rally in numbers, the West Virginia legislature is poised to gut one of the key protections of the Aboveground Storage Tank Act enacted after the 2014 water…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Bill Howardhttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngBill Howard2021-02-23 11:24:502021-02-25 14:08:38Industry To West Virginia: We Can’t Be Bothered
Bipartisan support seems to be gathering around the idea of authorizing purchase power agreements (PPAs) in West Virginia. A PPA would allow a solar installation, or other alternative generation project, to be built on a customer’s property…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-02-23 09:45:502021-02-23 09:45:50Purchase Power Agreement Bills Introduced in Legislature
Governor Justice recently appointed longtime Division of Environmental Protection official Harold Ward to be Secretary of the agency. Ward had been serving as the DEP’s deputy secretary of Operations and director of the Division of Mining…
http://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.png00Neal Barkushttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngNeal Barkus2021-02-05 11:09:212021-02-05 11:09:21Harold Ward Appointed New DEP Secretary
https://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/clark_wayne.jpg324216CWVhttp://www.conservewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CWV-logo.pngCWV2021-01-28 15:12:462024-02-04 07:40:29Wayne Clark
Study Shows Using Fertilizer Made from Sludge Can Bring Forever Chemicals Into the Home
West Virginia Legislature Ignores the Environment (Almost)
Consent Decree Requires Verso to Clean Up Potomac River Pollution from Luke MD Paper Mill
House Committee Advances Bill Deregulating Storage Tanks to House
Higher Registration Fees For Hybrid Vehicles – What’s Up With That?
Industry To West Virginia: We Can’t Be Bothered
Purchase Power Agreement Bills Introduced in Legislature
Harold Ward Appointed New DEP Secretary
Wayne Clark
Chuck Horst