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WV DEP Needs to Hold Hearing on Rockwool’s Water Permits

WV DEP Needs to Hold Hearing on Rockwool’s Water Permits

Aug 22, 2019

Delegate John Doyle Delegate Sammi Brown Delegate Paul Espinosa Senator Patricia Rucker Senator John Unger Original Letter Attached to Email To Our State and Local Leadership,   Public participation is an important and required aspect of the environmental permitting process. ...

Rockwool’s Multi-Million Dollar Tax Giveaway is NOT ENFORCEABLE

Rockwool’s Multi-Million Dollar Tax Giveaway is NOT ENFORCEABLE

Aug 10, 2019

  CHARLES TOWN, WV.  Jefferson County Vision (JCV) cheered yesterday’s Circuit Court ruling which declared the multi-million dollar Rockwool PILOT “is not an enforceable agreement.”  Rockwool and its supporters have used the PILOT to threaten local government with lawsuits and...

Circuit Court: Rockwool PILOT tax breaks are “faulty”

Circuit Court: Rockwool PILOT tax breaks are “faulty”

Aug 8, 2019

JCV PILOT CASE RULING RECEIVED Jefferson County Vision has just received the first of two long awaited rulings – the PILOT case. “The Court agrees with the plaintiff’s contention that the PILOT is defective on its face: The only two...

White Paper: Mineral Wool Insulation is Not Green, Sustainable or Environmentally Friendly

White Paper: Mineral Wool Insulation is Not Green, Sustainable or Environmentally Friendly

Jul 23, 2019

Mineral wool is made from stone melted in furnaces. Stone is not a recycled or sustainable material. It is extremely energy-intensive to produce and has high embodied energy. The manufacturing process involves on-site fuel combustion using gas and coal in furnaces, boilers, and dryers. The...

“Blue Petition” Legal Action Stops $16 Million Industrial Sewer Bond Issuance in its Tracks

“Blue Petition” Legal Action Stops $16 Million Industrial Sewer Bond Issuance in its Tracks

Jul 17, 2019

Jefferson County Vision (JCV) and several residents of Charles Town filed a legal request last week in Circuit Court for an order that the City Council follow state law, accept the “Blue Petition,” and hold a hearing on the citizens’...

Understanding Rockwool’s Sponsorship Campaign

Understanding Rockwool’s Sponsorship Campaign

Jun 28, 2019

Dear Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Board of Directors: When the working people of Jefferson County pay our taxes– a basic civic duty– we don’t get to put our name on a sponsorship banner. Our hard-earned tax dollars go towards...

Two Rockwool-related lawsuits heard in Circuit Court; scrutiny and attention falls on the City of Ranson

Two Rockwool-related lawsuits heard in Circuit Court; scrutiny and attention falls on the City of Ranson

Jun 12, 2019

Three hours of oral argument before Judge Hammer and a packed gallery in the historic Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday brought two of Jefferson County Vision’s cases related to Rockwool—a zoning suit and a taxation suit—closer to a resolution.  At...

Charles Town Property Owners Present Protest Petition to City Council

Charles Town Property Owners Present Protest Petition to City Council

May 19, 2019

PRESS RELEASE Over 1,500 citizens of Charles Town are, again, demanding that the Charles Town City Council and Building Commission hold a hearing to accept a Protest Petition opposing the issuance of the Sewer Bond. The Bond was accepted by...

Federal Courts Overreach, Block Board of Education

Federal Courts Overreach, Block Board of Education

Apr 30, 2019

Rockwool continues to wield the levers of government power against Jefferson County residents in the company’s quest to build a megafactory next to local schools. The latest outrage is an overreach from the Federal judiciary, which ruled today to preemptively...

Jefferson County Vision Sends Letter to Charles Town on Sewer Bond Petition

Jefferson County Vision Sends Letter to Charles Town on Sewer Bond Petition

Apr 24, 2019

According to state law, Charles Town must accept the sewer bond petition. View the letter (.pdf)

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