What a water quality rollback reveals about how West Virginia regulates the chemical industry

What a water quality rollback reveals about how West Virginia regulates the chemical industry

Moments before the House Energy and Public Works Committee overwhelmingly advanced a measure that rolls back drinking water quality protections, Del. Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, spoke up once more in opposition.  “This bill is about whether this Legislature is going to allow more toxic pollution in West Virginia streams,” Hansen told the packed committee room.  “It’s illegal to discharge pollution into West Virginia streams without one of these p…