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The failure of Congress last year to legislate a carbon cap on power plants has left a hole in financing for the nation's first CCS plant in West Virginia
The coal industry is banking on America's first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
Apr 14, 2011
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A Google-funded study, which found enormous geothermal potential in West Virginia, is reinivogorating the push to develop the resource in the coal state
Coal-dependent West Virginia could become the first state outside of the American West to tap its...
Mar 14, 2011
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In one of the first studies to observe the full course of drilling, scientists found that a well and a pipeline killed trees but did not affect groundwater
A new report by the U.S. Forest Service offers one of the most detailed accounts yet of how...
Feb 6, 2011
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Both candidates oppose cap and trade and Obama's agenda, and attend to voters' focus on guns, abortion and coal
WASHINGTON—Playing on a theme popular nationwide this election season, the two U.S. Senate...
Oct 14, 2010
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Byrd's late-in-life acceptance of "mounting science of climate change" unlikely to be embraced by top contender for his seat
WASHINGTON—With Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin a potential shoo-in as West Virginia’s next U.S....
Jul 14, 2010
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Mining is costing taxpayers more than it contributes, and trend expected to worsen
Coal mining in West Virginia drained the state budget of nearly $100 million in 2009, policy...
Jun 25, 2010
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'The More I Learn About the Extent of These Violations, the Angrier I Get'
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a longtime supporter of Appalachia's coal miners, called for a...
Apr 9, 2010
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West Virginian Criticizes Coal Industry's 'Fear Mongering'
West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd has been among the coal industry’s staunchest defenders in Congress...
Dec 3, 2009
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When you hear the phrase "alternative energy," what comes to mind?
Solar power? Wind?...
Jul 14, 2009
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The EPA put the coal industry on notice today: Mountaintop mining won't be getting a free pass...
Mar 24, 2009
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