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Mar 11
2023
Senate Finance caps severance tax funding for more inspectors. Need 127, take 145, result 22.
Feb 24
2023
Bill only adding 12 inspectors passes House of Delegates -- We say need 127, but take 45.
Feb 20
2023
House votes down Democratic amendments to gas well inspector bills
Feb 1
2023
Bill for Inspector funding moves but WVSORO says we need more!
Jan 27
2023
WVSORO reported asking for 45 inspectors!
Jan 6
2023
Perry Bryant pointing out that gas industry boasts about lower CO2 emissions fails to mention methane emissions by the industry
Jan 6
2023
WVSORO Op Ed on how to spend Inflation Reduction Act Money to stop methane no subsidize drillers
Dec 27
2022
Why the Appalachian Natural Gas Boom Failed to Deliver Jobs & Prosperity and What It Teaches Us
Sep 12
2022
Orphaned well plugging bidders first $25,000,000
Sep 6
2022
Company says using on site gas powered electric generators will reduce footprint and noise compared to diesel.
Sep 6
2022
Questions at PA cracker plant
Aug 19
2022
Sentence in Inflation Act helps Diversified avoid plugging costs
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
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
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
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
Legislative session comes up short on long-term funding for DEP oil, gas and air quality regulators
Mar 27
2021
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
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
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
Environmental groups, state lawmakers focus on budget shortfall hurting DEP oil and gas well oversight capability
