Tag: West Virginia
West Virginia lawmakers send ‘deadly’ abortion ban to GOP governor’s desk
The bill "bars abortion from implantation with narrow exceptions to save the pregnant person's life or in cases of rape or incest so long as the victim reports the crime."
West Virginians lead blockade of coal plant that made Manchin rich
West Virginia has seen some of the highest electricity rate increases in the nation. Its loyalty to coal is one reason for that.
High amounts of a toxic forever chemical found in bloodstreams of...
The report found the chemical, which is used in firefighting foam, in the blood of residents in a community located near an Air National Guard base.
The billionaire governor who’s been sued dozens of times for millions...
Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia’s richest man. Over the last three decades, lawsuits over unpaid bills have cost his constellation of companies more than $128 million in judgments and settlements.
3 states pass anti-pipeline protest bills in two weeks
"While we are all paying attention to COVID-19 and the congressional stimulus packages, state legislatures are quietly passing fossil-fuel-backed anti-protest laws."
Governor approves firing entire class of cadets over Nazi salute photo
“This incident was completely unacceptable. Now, we must continue to move forward and work diligently to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.”
Organic farm in W. Va. imperiled by gas pipeline construction
“It goes beyond the financial. This property was our hope, our dream, our future, our children’s future."
‘GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children:’ West Virginia...
"This is how the GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children."
‘Virtually no risk of drilling restrictions,’ West Virginia official tells fracking-reliant...
This week, at an industry conference focused on wooing petrochemical producers to West Virginia, officials from the state and federal government made...
Student reporters in West Virginia find Atlantic Coast Pipeline offers only...
“It was trouble finding out how many jobs the pipeline would create.”
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Climate campaigners decry ‘absolutely horrendous’ brutality against protesters at fed summit
"We have no choice but to take direct action to put our bodies on the line because petitions, sign-waving, and chanting—we tried that for the past 50 years and it hasn't worked, and we're out of time," said one arrested activist.
The perilous path from western domination to de-dollarization
De-dollarization is a road fraught with many challenges.
Trump World 2025
The most terrifying war that Trump is planning is his attack on America.
Senate Dems want to cancel all student lunch debt—a ‘term so absurd that it...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said the aim of the bill is to "stop humiliating kids and penalizing hunger."
Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”