MORGANTOWN — Regional natural gas producer Diversified Energy continues to make strides in curbing methane emissions and in capping orphaned and end-of-wells, according to its 2023 Sustainability Report. Diversified reduced […]
Environment
Point-counterpoint: Capito issues paper on Biden’s regulatory ‘Road to Ruin,’ Sierra Club responds
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, in her role as ranking member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, has released a report highly critical of the Biden Administration’s environmental […]
Mon Power, Potomac Edison start work on Rivesville solar plant site
MORGANTOWN — Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun work on their second of five planned solar power sites. With their Fort Martin site up and running, the companies are […]
Justice vetoes solar bill aimed at drawing industry to West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday vetoed a bill aimed at drawing new business and industry to the state, claiming the bill could harm the state’s coal industry. The […]
Senate passes House bills regarding PROMISE, porn sites, solar sites, school security guards as session enters final days
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate moved through a series of House bills on Thursday, as both chambers head into the 60th and final day of the session on Saturday. Here […]
House booze bill prompts Senate to stop and take a think
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary chair Charles Trump spent several minutes explaining the minutiae of a 55-page, much-amended booze bill on Wednesday. Following the long briefing, Sen. Randy Smith, R-Tucker, in […]
Senate sends to House carbon credit, driving doctors and charitable giving bills on Crossover Day, kills timberland carbon tax bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate sent a series of bills to the House of Delegates on Wednesday – Crossover Day – on such issues as speeding doctors, carbon credits, charitable giving, […]
Senate bill opens path for state to make money through forest-management wildfire prevention
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate held a long-but-warm-spirited debate on Wednesday over an amendment to a bill designed to protect state-owned forests from wildfires, and bring in cash in the […]
Bill to allow small counties to charge $1 fee for emergency services again moves through Senate
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate is making another go at enabling counties with lots of tourists and few residents to raise money for emergency services to accommodate all those visitors. […]
Senate bills treat on trees, carbon, silver and gold
MORGANTOWN – Carbon, trees and gold occupied the attention of Senate committees on Monday. SB 618 would create a state Carbon Exchange Program administered by the Division of Forestry. It […]
