Letter from perhaps the county’s leading historian William Howard Adams. it reads: Dear Commissioner Noland and neighbors, It is now some fifty years that Margaret and Dr. John Washington invited my wife and I to Jefferson County and Harewood for...
Rockwool is a global-scale insulation factory with 21 story smokestacks that will produce toxic emissions. The state and local government are sponsoring Rockwool with tens of millions of dollars in direct funding, infrastructure deals, and special tax breaks. Rockwool is...
Download the Statement (.pdf) STATEMENT TEXT: To: Senator Manchin From: Potomac Valley Audubon Society Re: Opposition Statement on Rockwool Plant proposed for Jefferson County, WV The Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) has served Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties in West...
Rockwool is grabbing $2.2 million in our tax dollars directly from the West Virginia treasury. The public didn’t know about this agreement until it was provided in response to a Freedom Of Information request. Its existence was specifically held as...
Sign the petition for the removal and replacement of the members of the Jefferson County Development Authority (JCDA) (more…)
I am a single issue voter this year. Why? I care about many issues but this year my vote will be cast solely on the basis of whether a candidate will help us oppose Rockwool. They can believe in Santa...
From a FOIA response, Jefferson County Vision has discovered our state government is giving Rockwool $2.2 million in direct taxpayer funding. This is beyond the generous infrastructure funding and Rockwool’s multimillion dollar local tax breaks. The West Virginia Department of...
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, WV. The West Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics released a letter yesterday challenging the proposed Rockwool insulation factory located near schools in Jefferson County. READ THE LETTER (.pdf) The American Academy of Pediatrics is one...
Stop greenwashing. Rockwool, as permitted, would be one of the most prolific toxic & hazardous air pollution emitters in WV. (more…)
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