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West Virginia

Trump Funds Two New Coal Plants and Extends Another Dozen, Citing ‘Energy Dominance’

The DOE on Thursday announced about $700 million in support for the declining coal industry with funds from the Defense Production Act. Environmentalists denounced the move, calling coal dirty and expensive.

By Steven Rodas

 A pile of coal is seen at the Longview power plant in Maidsville, W.Va. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Lick Run, a tributary to West Virginia’s Cheat River, is one of many waterways in Appalachia that are impaired by pollution from coal mining. Acid mine drainage can create a reddish coloring in affected streams. Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Cheat

Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

By Kiley Bense
Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong
The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
A view of the PJM Interconnection control room in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong
The Mount Storm coal-fired power station owned by Dominion Energy is seen in West Virginia on June 30. Credit: Ulysse Bellier/AFP via Getty Images

US Department of Energy Grid Reliability Report Is Unreliable, Virginia Renewable Advocates Say

By Charles Paullin
In Mount Storm, West Virginia, turbines from the Mount Storm Wind Farm stand in the distance behind the Dominion Mount Storm coal power station, which last week was granted an exemption from new pollution rules by the Trump administration. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Dominion Among Utilities Allowed Exemption for Coal Emissions From Trump’s EPA

By Charles Paullin
Hunter Mullens is pictured inside a vehicle

As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a  Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life

By James Bruggers
Sections of steel pipe owned by the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Lindside, W.Va. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension Project from Virginia into North Carolina

By Charles Paullin
In the race for West Virginia Governor, it’s Huntington Mayor Steve Williams against Patrick Morrisey, the state’s attorney general. Credit: City of Huntington and WV Attorney General Office

Vying for West Virginia Governor, an ‘All of the Above’ Democrat Faces Long Odds Against a Republican Fossil Fuel Booster

By James Bruggers
Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber on June 3 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

In West Virginia, the Senate Race Outcome May Shift Limits of US Climate Ambitions

By James Bruggers, Marianne Lavelle
Steel pipe sections of the Mountain Valley Pipeline during construction in Bent Mountain, Virginia, in August 2022. The pipeline became operational on Friday. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial

By Hannah Chanatry
A view of the Air Liquide hydrogen plant in northern France. The plant produces hydrogen by “reforming” natural gas—a process the planned “hydrogen hub” in the Appalachian region would also use. Credit: Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images

A Debate Rages Over the Putative Environmental Benefits of the ARCH2 ‘Hydrogen Hub’ in Appalachia

By Jon Hurdle
Abby and Scott Tennant embrace at the house where the family relocated in Paden City, West Virginia, after experiencing illnesses when EQT expanded operations in the hollow they called home. Credit: Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource

West Virginia Families Pleaded for Help With Health Issues After Fracking Started Nearby. None Came

By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource
Sen. Joe Manchin arrives for a “Politics & Eggs” event at St. Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Jan. 12 in Manchester, N.H. Credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin Eyes a Possible Third Party Presidential Run

By Phil McKenna
Sen. Joe Manchin waits to be introduced during an event at Saint Anselm College on Jan. 12, 2024 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Q&A: What a Joe Manchin Presidential Run Could Mean for the 2024 Election—and the Climate

Interview by Paloma Beltran and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is supporting the Decarbonization Network of Appalachia, one of two groups in the Western Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia region that have been asked by the federal government to submit final applications for so-called hydrogen hubs. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images.

A Drop in Emissions, and a Jobs Bonanza? Critics Question Benefits of a Proposed Hydrogen Hub for the Appalachian Region

By Jon Hurdle
A natural gas compressor station on a hillside in Penn Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.

Appalachian Economy Sees Few Gains From Natural Gas Development, Report Says

By Jon Hurdle
Sections of steel pipe of the Mountain Valley Pipeline lie on wooden blocks on Aug. 31, 2022 in Bent Mountain, Virginia. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Federal Regulators Raise Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice

By Phil McKenna

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