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West Virginia E-Waste Law Goes into Effect
2016-07-01 15:08:00| Waste Age
A new law went into effect today in West Virginia that enables e-waste to be disposed of in landfills again. Residents can now leave those items at the curb again to be disposed with household trash. read more
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West Virginia Disaster: Mon Power Rushes Repairs
2016-06-28 18:00:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Strong thunderstorms pounded West Virginia with heavy rains and whipping winds last week, resulting in tens of thousands of power outages. read more
West Virginia Flooding Kills 24, Federal Disaster Declared
2016-06-26 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: At least 24 people have died and a federal disaster has been declared in West Virginia after heavy rains flooded several towns, prompting search and rescue operations. Both Virginia and West Virginia have declared states of emergency due to the devastating event that has been described as "complete chaos." "Roads destroyed, bridges out, homes burned down, washed off foundations," said Greenbrier County Sheriff Jan Cahill. "Multiple sections of highway just missing. Pavement just peeled off like...
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West Virginia flooding kills at least 26
2016-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: At least 26 people have been killed in West Virginia in what amounts to the deadliest flash flooding in the United States since 2010. The death toll from the floods that have battered the state in recent days rose overnight Friday after the bodies of three more victims were found. West Virginia Gov. Early Ray Tomblin said he had requested help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist in three particularly hard-hit counties where floods have devastated homes and infrastructure. The...
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More storms on tap for flood-ravaged West Virginia
2016-06-26 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Multiple fatalities have been reported in flooding that has devastated parts of the state, a state official said Friday morning. Surrounded by muddy devastation, Cathy Light and her husband Chris thought it was "heaven sent" they had free burgers to munch on in a Clendenin parking lot Saturday. As West Virginians continued surveying damage in a state so devastated by floods that one said her community "smelled like death," residents braced for the prospect of more rain. The National Weather...
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