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Legislative Updates WVEC March 13, 2020GREEN, Volume 30 Issue 9It took us a few days to decompress to compile everything that’s happened over the last 60 days. Here’s a breakdown of the most important bills we worked on.
Tagged: Aboveground tanks, Legislation, Renewable energy, Water More Legislative Updates WVEC February 14, 2020GREEN, Volume 30 Issue 6The Pro-Democracy, Anti-Corruption Platform is a set of common sense policy solutions that can help put our government on a path to solve problems that affect us all. This is not about Democrat vs. Republican; this is about fixing a broken system, and moving toward a government that’s more transparent, accountable, and responsive to the needs of ALL West Virginians. More Legislative Updates WVEC January 31, 2020GREEN, Volume 30 Issue 4Share on Facebook Tweet Share on Share Share via Share on Facebook Like Tweet Pinterest LinkedIn Digg Del Tumblr VKontakte Print Email Reddit Buffer Love This Weibo Pocket Xing Odnoklassniki iconOdnoklassniki WhatsApp Meneame Blogger Amazon Yahoo Mail Gmail AOL Newsvine HackerNews Evernote MySpace Mail.ru Viadeo Line Flipboard Comments Yummly SMS Viber Telegram Subscribe Skype Facebook […] More Legislative Updates WVEC January 24, 2020GREEN, Volume 30 Issue 3A new bill led by Delegate Hansen (D-Monongalia), called the West Virginia Clean Drinking Water Act of 2020, was introduced in the House as HB4542. WV Rivers and the West Virginia Environmental Council endorse this bill which aims to identify and reduce exposure to class of chemical toxins known as polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. MoreIssues: Aboveground tanks, Clean elections, Health, Pollution, Renewable energy, Water Legislative Updates WVEC January 17, 2020GREEN, Volume 30 Issue 2So far, we are already tracking SO many bills! Many of the bills are carried over from last year, including two versions of the Power Purchase Agreement bill–the PPA bill we are working on hasn’t been introduced yet! We see a lot of carryover relating to landfills, public lands, and solar. MoreIssues: Aboveground tanks, Clean elections, Legislation, Orphaned wells, Water Legislative Updates WVEC April 10, 2019GREEN, Volume 29 Issue 9: Legislative Wrap-upFor 75 days- including for one week prior to and a week following the end of the recent 60 day regular session of the WV legislature- lobbyists for the WV Environmental Council (WVEC) walked the hallways of the capitol, attended uncounted legislative committee meetings, schemed with lobbyists from allied social justice organizations, encouraged citizens “back home” to contact legislators in support of environmental law sanity- all in an effort to recruit political support for WVEC’s 2019 legislative agenda. MoreIssues: Legislation, Logging, Renewable energy, Water
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