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Michael Hewitt is the Program Manager for EPCAMR and has worked in several capacities for the organization since 2001. For more information please visit his biography page.

Rendell Awards Smallest-Ever Round Of Growing Greener Grants

Last week, Governor Rendell announced the awarding of $14.1 million in grants for 87 projects in 36 counties – $8.13 million from Growing Greener Funds, $4.17 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and $1.8 million from forfeited bonds from mining companies. The combined state and federal investment is being matched…

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Regulating the Regulators: WVDEP Forced to Issue Permits to Itself

Commonly known as the “Keeley Decision,” an opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in West Virginia As seen on COAL POWER, published by POWER magazine On November 8, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, et…

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