A chemical spill in West Virginia’s capital city of Charleston has left at least 300,000 people without safe tap water. State officials reported approximately 28,400 liters (or 7,500 gallons) of the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol had...
West Virginia Residents Sue Over Little Blue Run’s Smelly Waste Site
A group of West Virginia residents have sued FirstEnergy Corp. over pollution, smells, contamination and alleged property damage from a coal waste dump, which the company has agreed to shut down because of arsenic, sulfates and other contaminates...
West Virginia Supreme Court Approves $93 Million Settlement of Agent Orange Plant
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a $93 million settlement in an environmental class action lawsuit over a chemical used in Agent Orange. The settlement, initially approved 11 months ago, includes a 30-year medical monitoring plan...