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Aug 4 2022
Bloomberg news video on Diversified  
Jul 28 2022
Gazette/Mail on Diversified fradulent transaction law suit.  
Jul 25 2022
Lawsuit claims Diversified and EQT played hot potato with abandoned wells  
Jul 18 2022
Pennsylvania makes orphaned well protections worse.  
Jul 15 2022
Inspector-deprived DEP has contractors hire and pay their own "compliance officers" for orhaned well plugging  
May 1 2022
Researchers, industry experts say numbers don't add up for Appalachia's largest gas and oil well owner or WV's well inspectors | wvgazettemail.com  
Apr 15 2022
Environmental, royalty and surface owner advocates pressure Justice to add oil and gas inspector increase to special session  
Apr 15 2022
Royalty owners, environmental advocates urge Gov. Justice to put bill for more gas well inspectors on special session call - Dominion Post  
Mar 24 2022
Failure of energy and environment bills keep oil and gas tank regulations intact, but leave DEP short on well inspection funding  
Mar 20 2022
WV SORO in the News
Environmental Defense Fund "Solutions" newsletter re orphaned wells in WV and elsewhere  
Mar 11 2022
Forced unitization bill with surface owner protections passes  
Feb 25 2022
WV Senate Committee approves second of two proposed bills to fund more oil and gas inspectors  
Feb 19 2022
WV House and Senate committees approve bills eliminating minimum number of royalty owners needed to allow oil and gas development  
Feb 16 2022
WV Senate committee approves one of two proposed bills to boost DEP oil and gas inspector funding  
Feb 7 2022
WV SORO in the News
Oil and gas right groups says new study shows gas wells leaking throughout West Virginia  
Jan 31 2022
Biden administration to send $1.15 billion to states to plug orphaned wells, which leak planet-warming methane - The Washington Post  
Jan 24 2022
West Virginia receiving money from infrastructure law for plugging wells - WV MetroNews  
Jan 18 2022
Manchin Praises Interagency Implementation Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Legacy of Abandoned Wells  
Jan 8 2022
WV SORO in the News
Dave McMahon: Methan fee in Build Back Better needed - Letters to the Editor | wvgazettemail.com  
Oct 20 2021
New program to open up carbon market to small forest owners in West Virginia - West Virginia Press Association  
Oct 14 2021
Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America’s decaying wells than any other.  
Apr 29 2021
Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump  
Apr 16 2021
New Research: Thousands of Jobs Possible in Reclamation of Abandoned Wells, Mines  
Apr 15 2021
Dual reports see economic opportunity in cleaning up abandoned mine lands and wells in WV  
Apr 14 2021
WV SORO in the News
Legislative session comes up short on long-term funding for DEP oil, gas and air quality regulators  
Mar 27 2021
WV SORO in the News
More time needed to work out natural gas pooling bill - WV MetroNews  
Mar 24 2021
Senate energy committee moves again to boost funding for state oil and gas oversight  
Mar 23 2021
Fractured: The body burden of living near fracking - EHN  
Mar 18 2021
A federal solution is needed to address hazardous abandoned wells – Ohio River Valley Institute  
Feb 20 2021
Take Action: Say No to Removing Regulations of Tanks Near Drinking Water Intakes  
Feb 20 2021
House committee to consider rollback of oil and gas waste tank oversight  
Feb 16 2021
WV SORO in the News
DEP budget worries loom over first week of legislative session  
Feb 11 2021
A Decade Into The Fracking Boom, West Virginia, Pennsylvania And Ohio Haven’t Gained Much, A Study Says  
Feb 10 2021
Appalachia's top natural gas-producing counties falling further behind economically, report says  
Feb 5 2021
Hoppy Kercheval: WV should beef up staff of gas, oil inspectors (Opinion)  
Feb 5 2021
WV SORO in the News
Lawmakers, Advocates Call To Fully Fund State Oil And Gas Regulator  
Feb 5 2021
Fee proposed in hopes of increasing number of state well inspectors  
Feb 5 2021
WV SORO in the News
Environmental groups, state lawmakers focus on budget shortfall hurting DEP oil and gas well oversight capability  
Dec 5 2020
Ted Boettner: Embracing clean energy vital to WV's future  
Sep 23 2020
Bennet floats multibillion-dollar orphan well cleanup fund  
Sep 21 2020
West Virginia is awash in natural gas, but rural communities are losing service  
Aug 4 2020
Kotcon, Campbell: Many winners in scrapped pipeline project (Opinion)  
Aug 2 2020
Oil and gas stakeholders back plan for plugging West Virginia's orphaned wells  
Jul 20 2020
Green Stimulus for Oil and Gas Workers: Considering a Major Federal Effort to Plug Orphaned and Abandoned Wells  
Jul 12 2020
Penna. Grand Jury Finds State Failed To Protect Residents During Drilling & Fracking Operations  
Jul 12 2020
Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears  
Jun 25 2020
Congress to consider stimulus money to plug orphaned wells  
Jun 23 2020
State Oil And Gas Office Faces Budget Shortfall, Anticipates Layoffs  
Jan 22 2020
WV SORO in the News
WVPB: Advocates Weigh In On How To Protect Environment, Property Rights As Natural Gas Grows  
Jan 15 2020
WV MetroNews Well plugging bill gets moving again in House