by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 13, 2022 | Gold Mining
A Republican-dominated House subcommittee on Monday swiftly shot down a bipartisan proposal to study whether Virginia metal mining regulations are sufficient to protect state air and water quality. The bipartisan House Bill 250, from Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 5, 2017 | Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is currently planning to permit developers of the massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines to drive a gash through the headwaters, streams, and wetlands of six major river basins, including the...
by Bob Day | Sep 10, 2015 | FERC communications
A little-known law requires the feds to respect local environmental goals. Source: County invites FERC to discuss water supply concerns
