Advocacy groups to ask State Supreme court to decide jurisdiction in Tucker gas plant permit appeals

By: Caity Coyne

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 1,216

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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Residents and advocacy groups who are legally challenging the legitimacy of an air quality permit granted last year for the construction of a massive data center and natural gas complex in Tucker County will soon be asking the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to determine once and for all which judicial division should hear the merits of their appeal.

The request comes after the state’s Intermediate Court of Appeals issued …