Ken Ward Jr., Author at Pacific Standard

Home Archives for Ken Ward Jr.

Environment

West Virginia’s Supreme Court Sends Mixed Messages in Cases Pitting Landowners Against Natural Gas Companies

The court has upheld a ruling preventing gas companies from prospecting on people's land without permission, but threw out a series of lawsuits complaining of the nuisance created by their operations.

Ken Ward Jr.

Environment

In West Virginia, Regulators Once Again Rewrite the Rules to Appease Energy Interests

After a federal appeals court blocked a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the state's Department of Environmental Protection is changing standards to subvert the ruling.

Ken Ward Jr.

Beth Walker was impeached from the West Virginia Supreme Court.

Environment

How One Judge in West Virginia Gave Natural Gas a Big Victory and Shortchanged Residents

Justice Beth Walker voted to re-open an already decided case around the time her husband owned stock in a variety of energy companies. And that's not even why she's been impeached.

Ken Ward Jr.

News in Brief

A Federal Judge Rules Against West Virginia County in Natural Gas Pipeline Case

It's the second time in two years that the judge has overruled efforts by Fayette leaders to protect their county from what they view as the negative effects of West Virginia's natural gas industry.

Ken Ward Jr.

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Economics

An Ethical Cloud Is Hanging Over China’s Natural Gas Investment Agreement in West Virginia

At least one member of the state’s trade delegation who helped negotiate the deal—a gas industry executive—was also working to help his private company on the trip.

Ken Ward Jr.