West Virginia weigh on wastewater rule grows mixed views
A West Virginia DNR official says a proposed general permit to treat and filter oil and gas drilling waste water is a major environmental advance. Industry and environmental groups differ on specifics while costs are cited for cleaning pits. The plan stems from EPA pit rules and evaporation concerns in moist climates.
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State Department of Natural Resources
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DNR
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Oil and Gas Reform Coalition
David Flannery
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
EPA
West Virginia
McCoy
Copper costs to rise says copper mining officials
Arizona officials from copper towns asked a congressional subcommittee for temporary relief to protect the ailing copper industry from foreign competition. They warned tariffs or quotas could lift prices for consumers and hurt metalworkers, noting the National Copper Policy Act of 1985 aims to secure voluntary restraints or tariffs, though it is unlikely to pass.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Reagan
House Interior Committee
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Virginia Supreme Court narrows at-will employment rule
The Virginia Supreme Court limited the employment-at-will doctrine in a Keysville bank case. Betty Bowman and Joyce Bridges, two bookkeepers and shareholders, claim they were fired for supporting a merger under duress. The court ruled firings cannot retaliate against lawful shareholder rights.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Keysville
Betty P. Bowman
Joyce T. Bridges
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Wounding of teen linked to fight at Kings Dominion
A May 10 Grad Night at Kings Dominion in Virginia ended with Maryland teen James Derek Hughes shot in the chest during a struggle with three teens from the Washington area. Hughes, 18, of Landham, Md., was wounded but has recovered. no arrests have yet been made. The investigation involved more than 50 interviews about the event in Hanover County between Richmond and Fredericksburg.
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Doswell
Washington
Hughes
Hanover County
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Missing Bassett sisters found safe in Henrico County
Bonnie and Barbara Craig, two mentally retarded women from Bassett, were located Friday in Henrico County near Richmond after two weeks missing. They told a Henrico police officer they would run away again once they saved enough money, and were taken to a Danville mental health clinic. The sisters left May 31 from Henry County, and investigators traced them from Danville to Williamsburg before the trail went cold. Henry County businessman Tommy Bowman helped restart the search.
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Roanoke
Bonnie
Barbara Craig
Bassett
Henrico County
Richmond
Danville
Bonnie Craig
Henry County
Williamsburg
Tommy Bowman
Robins seeks consolidation of Calkon Shield suits in Virginia
In Richmond, A H Robins Co. attorney Charles Alan Wright asked U S District Judge Robert Merhige to consolidate about four thousand Calkon Shield cases to decide punitive damages liability and to certify the suits as a class action. Wright argued changes since a 1982 Ninth Circuit ruling warrant reconsideration.
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Richmond
A.H. Robins Co
Charles Alan Wright
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Robins
Wright
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Merhige
Appeals
Trumka Defends UMW Bid in Massey Talks and Violent Context
AFL CIO leader claims Massey executives labeled United Mine Workers terrorists and calls for a single contract covering all Massey mines. He cites April 17 agreement talks in West Virginia and Kentucky, seeks books access, warns against violence, and urges changes to labor law and bargaining without outside arbitrators.
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Trumka
Massey
United Mine Workers
UMW
West Virginia
Kentucky
Royal Dutch Shell Corp
Massey Mines
National Labor Relations Board
Blizzard Defined By Wind And Snow Conditions
The National Weather Service defines a blizzard as wind at 35 mph or more with heavy snow. Visibility is reduced to less than a quarter mile due to blowing or falling snow.
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National Weather Service
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