The Pipeline That Could Change the Appalachian Trail Forever The Appalachian Trail Conservancy isn’t against all pipelines; they recognize the human need for energy. The problem with the Mountain Valley Pipeline, they say, is that no one will talk to them about it ( Read more... )

It's what you get when you sneakily form a super-secretive Senate group to work on healthcare in the dark, with 13 men and zero women. Turns out, it was women who decided the fate of their bill anyway. Oh, the irony!


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A nonprofit group’s director and a mayor in a small town in West Virginia have been swept up in a firestorm surrounding comments about Michelle Obama that have been perceived as blatantly racist ( Read more... )

Delegate Michael Folk, a Berkeley County Republican and commercial pilot who called for the public execution of Hillary Clinton has been suspended by his employer, pending an investigation.

“This pilot has been removed from flying pending our investigation,” United Airlines wrote on its Twitter account Sunday evening. “We are appalled by his ( Read more... )

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Eleven states and state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Obama administration over federal guidance directing schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identities.

The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, states that the ( Read more... )

West Virginia Overrides Governor’s Veto To Pass Radical NRA-Backed Gun Law

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[Note to mods: This is my third attempt to post this article (the previous attempts were approximately 2/19/2014, and this past Monday, 2/24/2014). Neither of my posts showed up, and I haven't received any notification about why either one was rejected, so I'm not sure what's going on. It looks like the second time I forgot to include the link to ( Read more... )

Dangers of Water Privatization Emerge In the Wake of West Virginia’s Chemical Spill

It took a few days after a state of emergency was declared across nine West Virginia counties-and one-sixth of the state’s population was told not to drink or bathe using their tap water-for the national news media to discover a story of national importance ( Read more... )

West Virginia Polluter Freedom Industries Files For Bankruptcy To Halt Lawsuits

Freedom Industries, the company that recently leaked thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the Elk River in West Virginia, quietly filed for bankruptcy this past Friday to shield themselves from the onslaught of lawsuits filed against the company.

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In an unbelievable display of arrogance and detachment, the President of a company that just poisoned huge swaths of West Virginia had the nerve to repeatedly chug a bottle of water on camera during a press conference - while 300,000 Charleston residents spent a second night unable to bathe, shower or drink tap water on Saturday after a chemical ( Read more... )