Department of Environmental Protection

The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Committee on Flooding met Tuesday morning to consider renewed funding to help mitigate flood damage in the southern part of the state.

The collections are organized by the agency’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP), which helps organize litter cleanups around West Virginia. The program has organized 13 tire events in October and November.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is set to remove abandoned structures throughout the state’s communities.

Union Carbide performed risk assessments for ecological and human health on the Filmont industrial landfill in South Charleston in 2014 and 2015. Both assessments concluded there was no need to take further action.

On this West Virginia Morning, we look at how coal mining is taught as part of the eighth grade West Virginia Studies program.

Legislation in the House of Delegates would update water quality standards by adopting a quarter of recommended rules for pollutants that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created in 2015.

A long-sought funding formula for higher education will have to wait even longer. Host Suzanne Higgins speaks with two delegates – both members of Gov.…

A company building a natural gas pipeline in West Virginia has agreed to pay $122,350 for environmental violations.The Charleston Gazette-Mail cited a…

On a recent drive through the Northview neighborhood of Clarksburg, James Lachapelle surveyed what is left of the factory that was once the lifeblood of…

West Virginia conservation officials say several remediation projects at or adjacent to old mine sites have received approvals to start spending federal…