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Perennial environmental priorities like boosting funding for gas and oil well remediation and establishing community solar in West Virginia failed in the state's 2024 regular legislative session. West Virginia environmentalists did celebrate blocking legislation they opposed that would have barred use of community air monitoring data in third-party lawsuits.
West Virginia House Bill 5223 and Senate Bill 571 didn't survive the end of the 2024 state legislative session Saturday. HB 5223 would have created a southern coalfield economic revitalization council, while SB 571 would have set up a Corridor H area-focused energy and economic development authority.
Feb. 28 was Crossover Day, the last day for senators or House delegates to move bills out of their chamber. Lawmakers made progress on some fronts, but other critical issues
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A bill aimed at leveling the legal playing field between oil and natural gas operators and royalty owners has greatly changed as it has worked
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