Jun 22 Energy & Environment Raised In A Coal Mining Family, Now Working On Biden’s Cleaner Energy Future Earlier this month, Brian Anderson welcomed some special guests to the Department of Energy research laboratory he leads in Morgantown, West Virginia. The state’s pivotal Democratic Senator, Joe Manchin, was visiting along with the country’s new Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm. The two saw demonstrations of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s work, much of which […] By Jeff Young Jun 22 Energy & Environment Raised In A Coal Mining Family, Now Working On Biden’s Cleaner Energy Future Jeff Young
May 14 Infrastructure With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again In December, Kathy Fletcher, a lifelong Martin County, Kentucky, resident and mother, found her water was shut off. When it came back on, something was wrong with it. Fletcher remembers that after she showered, her skin and nails felt completely dried out. The water smelled acrid, like chemicals. For years, Fletcher has been frustrated by […] By Katie Myers May 14 Infrastructure With Infrastructure Funding On Horizon, Beleaguered Martin County Looks To Raise Water Rates Again Katie Myers
Apr 23 Energy & Environment Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals On Earth Day, President Joe Biden convened world leaders for a climate summit, where he laid out an ambitious goal for U.S. policy on climate change. “The United States sets out to cut our global warming emissions in half by the end of the decade,” Biden said. “That’s where we’re heading as a nation.” But […] By Curtis Tate Apr 23 Energy & Environment Power Player: How Manchin Is Key to Biden’s Energy, Climate Goals Curtis Tate
Apr 23 Energy & Environment Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action On Thursday — Earth Day — President Joe Biden announced an ambitious goal to fight the climate crisis: The country will cut by half its global warming emissions by 2030. Such action will require a massive reduction in the use of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, long a bedrock of the economy […] By Jeff Young Apr 23 Energy & Environment Energy Secretary Pushes Regional Job Potential From Climate Action Jeff Young
Apr 20 Energy & Environment Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said he’s been hearing the term “just transition” tossed around for more than 20 years as part of the long-running, nearly Sisyphean discussion about climate change, clean energy, and coal country. Simply put: he’s not a fan. “I ask anybody who has been uttering those two words […] By Jeff Young Apr 20 Energy & Environment Mine Workers’ Leader Wants To Save Last Coal Jobs As Biden Tackles Climate Jeff Young
Apr 5 Energy & Environment White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar bears. Just think: How many times have you seen an image of ice crashing into the sea from a melting glacier, or a sad-eyed seal atop a floe, as part of a climate change message? […] By Jeff Young Apr 5 Energy & Environment White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country Jeff Young
Mar 26 Democracy & Civic Life Biden Picks Gayle Manchin, Wife of WV Senator, For Appalachian Regional Commission President Joe Biden has nominated Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, to co-chair the Appalachian Regional Commission, the White House announced Friday. The commission was created in 1965 as part of an antipoverty effort under President Lyndon Johnson. It serves 420 Appalachian counties across 13 states from southern New York to […] By Curtis Tate Mar 26 Democracy & Civic Life Biden Picks Gayle Manchin, Wife of WV Senator, For Appalachian Regional Commission Curtis Tate
Feb 19 Agriculture Here Comes The Sun: Solar Moves In, And A Farm Community Wonders About Its Future The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark County, passing by green rolling hills and hay bales. In her social media video from early September, Adreanna Wills points out white signs in yards along the way, displaying […] By Liam Niemeyer Feb 19 Agriculture Here Comes The Sun: Solar Moves In, And A Farm Community Wonders About Its Future Liam Niemeyer