Aug 23 Economy Virginia Regulators Reject Plan to Extend Life of 2 West Virginia Coal Plants The Virginia Corporation Commission on Monday rejected Appalachian Power’s plan to keep the John Amos and Mountaineer power plants in West Virginia operating through 2040. The commission denied the company permission to make wastewater treatment upgrades at the plants and pass the cost on to electric power customers in the state. Not making those upgrades […] By Curtis Tate Aug 23 Economy Virginia Regulators Reject Plan to Extend Life of 2 West Virginia Coal Plants Curtis Tate
Jun 30 Economy Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It Environmental and consumer groups have pushed for the early closure of a 50-year-old coal-fired power plant in West Virginia that serves electricity customers in both West Virginia and Kentucky. They have an unlikely ally: Kentucky’s Republican attorney general, Daniel Cameron. In a filing last week with the Kentucky Public Service Commission, Cameron recommended the commission […] By Curtis Tate Jun 30 Economy Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It Curtis Tate
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
Jun 9 Economy West Virginia Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate. They’ve towered over the region’s communities for decades. They generated the electricity for homes around the Ohio Valley. They burned coal, a fossil fuel Appalachia has in abundance. But three West Virginia coal-fired power plants owned by Ohio-based American Electric Power may be on borrowed time. The Mitchell Plant in Moundsville, the Mountaineer Plant in […] By Curtis Tate Jun 9 Economy West Virginia Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate. Curtis Tate
May 28 Energy & Environment Appalachian Coal Is A Major Source Of Methane, A Potent Greenhouse Gas Appalachian coal mines emit more than a million tons of methane a year, and overall the region is the largest U.S. source of the potent greenhouse gas, according to new research. The region was the source of 3 million tons of methane in 2019, 1.1 million tons of it from coal mining, according to European […] By Curtis Tate May 28 Energy & Environment Appalachian Coal Is A Major Source Of Methane, A Potent Greenhouse Gas Curtis Tate
May 18 Economy Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Decline Slows in 1st Quarter Kentucky coal production and employment fell by the smallest amount in nearly two years, according to new data. The state’s coal mines produced 6.5 million tons in the first three months of 2021, according to the Energy and Environment Cabinet, a decline of 9.6% from 2020. Total employment fell by 14.6% to 3,983 workers. Western […] By Curtis Tate May 18 Economy Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Decline Slows in 1st Quarter Curtis Tate
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 14 Economy New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs In Central Appalachia an estimated 538,000 unplugged oil and gas wells and 853,393 acres of abandoned mine lands sit unreclaimed, often polluting the air and water, and presenting public safety threats. But according to two new reports from the regional think tank Ohio River Valley Institute, these sites that now pose serious health risks to […] By Katie Myers Apr 14 Economy New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs Katie Myers