Updated: 4:58 PM Morgantown residents are organizing protests over plans to drill natural gas wells next to the Monongahela River and near the city's drinking water treatment plant.

Updated: 4:58 PM The Obama administration wants Congress to shorten the time energy companies have to start drilling on public lands.

Posted: 4:57 PM Energy will be a focus in the Senate this week, with both sides expected to make familiar arguments.

Posted: 2:44 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell issued the following statement Tuesday after U.S. Senate Republicans announced plans to introduce the Offshore Production and Safety Act of 2011 Wednesday.

Posted: 1:31 PM A Virginia company and its president have pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act for discharging 500,000 gallons of polluted water into the Elizabeth River.

Posted: 12:05 PM The prospect of uranium mining in Southside Virginia has put the Roanoke River on a list of the nation's most endangered waterways.

Updated: 6:46 PM The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying indefinitely regulations to reduce toxic pollution from boilers and incinerators.

Updated: 6:59 PM It's a big part of the Valley lifestyle and farmers are gathering Monday night for a workshop to talk about farmland conservation.

Posted: 3:03 PM Garlic mustard is one of the most invasive plant species in West Virginia and various groups have organized “pulls” to help discourage its spread on public land.

Updated: 6:23 PM U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller set up a meeting with West Virginia farmers to discuss ways to connect them with new markets.

Updated: 2:49 PM Between high gas prices and the Valley's hilly terrain, just driving to and from work can be pricey, especially for many Augusta County residents who commute to Harrisonburg or across the mountain to Charlottesville.

Posted: 1:38 PM Massey Energy Co. and environmental groups have agreed to settle a water pollution lawsuit filed last year.

Posted: 1:10 PM A panel of experts and the United Nations climate chief agree: the United States needs to work harder to combat global warming.

Posted: 11:50 AM Some of the nation's fuels would be required to contain a minimum volume derived from coal under a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Updated: 5:18 PM The Republican-controlled House has easily passed the last of three bills to expedite and expand oil and gas drilling.

Posted: 4:04 PM Opponents of uranium mining in Virginia are girding for what they call the biggest environmental battle facing the state.

Updated: 4:04 PM A natural gas pipeline company says it may be responsible for a contaminant that Brooke County fishermen found in Buffalo Creek earlier this week.

Updated: 5:55 PM Dominion Virginia Power customers will have an opportunity in June to voice their opinions on two rate increases the utility is seeking.

Updated: 5:33 PM Metro is touting new hybrid-electric buses that the transit agency says will be more reliable and more fuel efficient.

Updated: 3:36 PM The state has acquired more than 2,500 acres for its new wildlife management area along the Mattaponi River.

Posted: 4:12 PM The Republican-controlled House has passed another bill putting offshore oil and gas drilling on the fast track.

Posted: 11:55 AM A federal judge has given the Obama administration 30 days to act on six permits for deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Posted: 11:41 AM A Northern Panhandle city is saying no thanks to natural gas drilling and the revenue it can provide.

Posted: 11:39 AM West Virginia regulators say a contaminant that Brooke County fishermen spotted in Buffalo Creek is a clay-like substance used in natural gas drilling.

Updated: 5:28 PM Ground has been broken for a new power plant in Richmond that will convert methane gas from a landfill into electricity.