Tag: West Virginia
Black Lung Disease Remains a Threat, but Federal Officials Delay Effort...
The disease has long been a risk of coal mining, an industry the Trump administration is trying to reinvigorate.
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US...
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.
Decades of toxic pollution: New lawsuit targets Chemours for illegal PFAS...
West Virginia community fights back as Chemours’ PFAS pollution persists.
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."
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.