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Action Alerts WVEC March 7, 2026
URGENT — Take Action to Protect Surface Owners
SB 686 would allow coal companies to longwall mine with approval from ONLY 75% of the co-tenants, or people who share ownership of the coal underlying the surface. This bill would allow more people’s homes and properties to be damaged or destroyed by longwall coal mine subsidence with too little or no compensation because it lacks the surface owner protections included in the cotenancy law that passed for oil and gas companies. More
Issues: Longwall mining
URGENT — Take Action to Protect Surface Owners
SB 686 would allow coal companies to longwall mine with approval from ONLY 75% of the co-tenants, or people who share ownership of the coal underlying the surface. This bill would allow more people’s homes and properties to be damaged or destroyed by longwall coal mine subsidence with too little or no compensation because it lacks the surface owner protections included in the cotenancy law that passed for oil and gas companies. More
Issues: Longwall mining
Newsletters WVEC March 7, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 7
Somehow, there’s only one full week of the 2026 Regular Legislative Session. This year has felt particularly challenging. Right now, we’re fighting against the passage of several bad bills, namely SB 641 and SB 686. SB 641 would weaken the protections of the AST Act of 2014. More
Issues: Aboveground tanks, Coal, Data centers, Public lands, Water
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 7
Somehow, there’s only one full week of the 2026 Regular Legislative Session. This year has felt particularly challenging. Right now, we’re fighting against the passage of several bad bills, namely SB 641 and SB 686. SB 641 would weaken the protections of the AST Act of 2014. More
Issues: Aboveground tanks, Coal, Data centers, Public lands, Water
Action Alerts WVEC March 4, 2026
URGENT — Lawmakers Are Choosing Coal Companies Over Constituents
SB 686 would allow coal companies to longwall mine with approval from ONLY 75% of the people who own the underlying surface tract. This “forced subsidence” bill would override the full consent of surface owners, harming the rights of surface owners around West Virginia. More
Issues: Longwall mining
URGENT — Lawmakers Are Choosing Coal Companies Over Constituents
SB 686 would allow coal companies to longwall mine with approval from ONLY 75% of the people who own the underlying surface tract. This “forced subsidence” bill would override the full consent of surface owners, harming the rights of surface owners around West Virginia. More
Issues: Longwall mining
Action Alerts WVEC March 3, 2026
URGENT: Take Action to Protect the Aboveground Storage Tank Act
Lawmakers are trying to weaken the Aboveground Storage Tank Act. Yesterday afternoon, members of the Senate Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee fast-tracked this bill, and it is on the Senate Floor. We need you to contact leaders! More
Issues: Aboveground tanks
URGENT: Take Action to Protect the Aboveground Storage Tank Act
Lawmakers are trying to weaken the Aboveground Storage Tank Act. Yesterday afternoon, members of the Senate Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee fast-tracked this bill, and it is on the Senate Floor. We need you to contact leaders! More
Issues: Aboveground tanks
Legislative Updates WVEC February 27, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 6
The halls of the Capitol were buzzing with energy on Monday as West Virginians from around the state came together to uplift and celebrate environmental policy. Thank you to all of the groups who came to the Capitol to be part of WVEC’s 36th annual E-day! More
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 6
The halls of the Capitol were buzzing with energy on Monday as West Virginians from around the state came together to uplift and celebrate environmental policy. Thank you to all of the groups who came to the Capitol to be part of WVEC’s 36th annual E-day! More
Legislative Updates WVEC February 20, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 5
The time has come. In just a few days, more than 30 organizations from around the state will gather at the Capitol to celebrate the power of environmental advocacy during E-Day! For nearly four decades, E-Day has been an important convening of environmental experts and advocates from every corner of West Virginia. More
Issues: Data centers, Legislation, Pollution, Solid waste, Water
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 5
The time has come. In just a few days, more than 30 organizations from around the state will gather at the Capitol to celebrate the power of environmental advocacy during E-Day! For nearly four decades, E-Day has been an important convening of environmental experts and advocates from every corner of West Virginia. More
Issues: Data centers, Legislation, Pollution, Solid waste, Water
Legislative Updates WVEC February 13, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 4
It was a tough week for environmental policy, both at the state and national levels. The Trump administration rolled back the “endangerment finding” in the name of economic prosperity. The 2009 finding helped the EPA regulate greenhouse gases as climate change became a named threat to human health. The United States is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters. More
Issues: Climate change, Eday, Water
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 4
It was a tough week for environmental policy, both at the state and national levels. The Trump administration rolled back the “endangerment finding” in the name of economic prosperity. The 2009 finding helped the EPA regulate greenhouse gases as climate change became a named threat to human health. The United States is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters. More
Issues: Climate change, Eday, Water
Legislative Updates WVEC February 6, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 3
Last week, we shut the door on the first month of the year, and while it’s hard to believe February is already here, we’re excited about all of the events and opportunities this month! More
Issues: Climate change, Data centers, Eday, Event, Pollution, Public lands, Water
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 3
Last week, we shut the door on the first month of the year, and while it’s hard to believe February is already here, we’re excited about all of the events and opportunities this month! More
Issues: Climate change, Data centers, Eday, Event, Pollution, Public lands, Water
Newsletters WVEC January 30, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 2
Monday is the 20th day of the 2026 Regular Legislative Session, putting us a third of the way through this year’s assembly. This week, with the help of the West Virginia Citizen Action group’s action alert, lawmakers pulled HB 4013 from the Finance Committee agenda—a win for responsible data center development. More
Issues: Data centers, Eday, Solar power
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 2
Monday is the 20th day of the 2026 Regular Legislative Session, putting us a third of the way through this year’s assembly. This week, with the help of the West Virginia Citizen Action group’s action alert, lawmakers pulled HB 4013 from the Finance Committee agenda—a win for responsible data center development. More
Issues: Data centers, Eday, Solar power
Legislative Updates WVEC January 23, 2026
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 1
The 2026 Regular Legislative Session is in full swing. Our lobbyists, Lucia Valentine and Kasey Russell, have already hit the ground running, following more than 60 bills related to environmental issues like flood resiliency and data center development in just the second week. More
Issues: Community air monitoring, Legislation, Opportunity, Water
GREEN Newsletter, Volume 36 Issue 1
The 2026 Regular Legislative Session is in full swing. Our lobbyists, Lucia Valentine and Kasey Russell, have already hit the ground running, following more than 60 bills related to environmental issues like flood resiliency and data center development in just the second week. More
Issues: Community air monitoring, Legislation, Opportunity, Water