The Republican governor of West Virginia offered a potential nuclear waste storage site near Harpers Ferry, WV, for Trump’s federal program. Residents weren’t consulted. Local officials weren’t consulted.
And here’s another detail: half of Old Standard Quarry lies within a federally protected historic battlefield conservation zone. This is Civil War history, not just another patch of undeveloped land.
The proposal also raised concerns about limestone geology and potential groundwater contamination. Morrisey’s administration promised “community alignment” while pitching sites without consulting the people who live there.
When the proposal became public, he called the reporting “fake news.” Days later, he withdrew West Virginia from consideration.
He put his constituents’ history, environment, health and community on the table for a brownie points from Trump.
The people who actually live there were an afterthought.
Stop pretending they care about you! They really don’t.