Mike Tony
@Mike__Tony
Reporting on the environment and energy for @wvgazettemail. Formerly @hsuniontown and @DailyPenn. Editor of @IvyHoopsOnline. Email: [email protected]
The West Virginia Hospital Association and independent analysts predict costly consequences from sweeping Medicaid cuts built into the Republican budget reconciliation law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Reporter @Mike__Tony has more⬇️ wvgazettemail.com/news/health/al…
Even an eventual restoration of NIOSH research jobs won’t undo damage inflicted by the slipping away of institutional knowledge and project stagnation in recent months, NIOSH allies fear. Reporter @Mike__Tony has more⬇️ wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
FEMA hasn't decided on WV's June 20 emergency and major disaster declaration requests after the state's deadliest flood since 2016. FEMA's declaration approval rate has slowed greatly and its request backlog has doubled since Pres. Trump retook office: wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/…
Advancement of expected data centers through the DEP's permitting process is increasing community fears of adverse environmental health and economic impacts exacerbated by state and federal moves to fast-track AI growth: wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
The Trump administration has proposed weakening mine safety rules that loom large in West Virginia. @Mike__Tony reports✍️ wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
A federal judge has approved an agreement to end a federal court standoff between a Charleston insurance provider and one of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice’s coal companies. @Mike__Tony reports👇 wvgazettemail.com/business/justi…
A Swiss company says one of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice's coal companies still hasn't paid $1.5 million that was part of a 2020 agreement. A federal judge says the Swiss company should require Justice to produce a cashflow spreadsheet. From @Mike__Tony wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
Already struggling financially, West Virginia hospitals are bracing for costly impacts from the state congressional delegation-backed budget reconciliation law that could lead to fewer physicians, more crowded emergency rooms and facility closures: wvgazettemail.com/news/health/al…
West Virginia's high rate of major chemical incidents has prompted many investigations and recommendations from the Chemical Safety Board. But West Virginia's congressional delegation has been quiet on the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the CSB: wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/…
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which has a long history of investigating chemical incidents in West Virginia and its "Chemical Valley," the Kanawha Valley. @Mike__Tony reports⬇️…
Occupational work safety experts say OSHA's proposed heat illness prevention rule is vital for worker health. But West Virginia industry groups oppose OSHA'S plan, and the state’s political leaders are quiet on the proposal: wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
West Virginia industry leaders oppose, and political leaders are quiet on a rule proposed by OSHA to require employers to create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in their workplace. @Mike__Tony reports⬇️ wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
The Trump administration plans to roll back a rule West Virginia environmental advocates have used to report concerns about surface coal mining operations and hold state regulators accountable. Reporter @Mike__Tony has more⬇️ wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
West Virginia's members of Congress behind the Republican megabill projected to implement tax changes that favor the wealthy have reported many millions of dollars in assets: wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/…
The Trump administration's decimation of a federal agency that conducts statutorily required occupational safety and health research persists, unions say, warning that miners and other workers are in danger as a result: wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
Sen. Justice voted for a budget reconciliation bill forecast to add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt. One of his coal companies has a delinquent fine debt to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection of over $916,000: wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
West Virginia’s congressional delegation voted in a narrow GOP majority for a budget reconciliation bill projected to raise electricity costs, stifle energy manufacturing momentum and deprive the U.S. of enough capacity to power millions of homes: wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…
Why community and worker advocates say deep-slicing health care and food assistance cuts widely projected to come from the budget reconciliation bill on the verge of Senate passage would be especially devastating in West Virginia: wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/…
West Virginia community groups are among many advocates who expect budget reconciliation legislation, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to make an ugly mess of the state’s social safety net. Reporter @Mike__Tony has more👇 wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/…
Excellent front page from @wvgazettemail -- and good reporting from @Mike__Tony on Senator Byrd's rule impacting the budget bill again and again 👉