MORGANTOWN — Senate Finance sent President Craig Blair's mining mutual insurance company bill to the Senate floor Thursday morning, along with the bill dealing with bank boycotts of fossil fuel companies. SB 1 is the mining mutual bill. It explains that the state funds reclamation at ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate Energy Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that allows the state treasurer to put financial institutions that openly boycott fossil energy companies on a publicly available Restricted Financial Institution List and refuse to enter into a banking contract with ...
The West Virginia Legislature will be considering lifting the state’s nuclear energy ban this session. If images of Chernobyl, Three-Mile Island and Fukushima flashed through your mind, you are not alone. Nuclear energy makes many of us skittish. There’s no doubt nuclear power offers ...
A transition away from carbon-based fuels to alternative and renewable energy is underway in this country and around the world. However, the simplicity of that often-repeated statement belies the rocky trajectory of that transition and the continued importance of coal in meeting future ...
Last Friday evening, a “horde” of tornadoes, as the New York Times called it, tore through Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Missouri. Kentucky was hit the hardest — struck by five twisters, one of which left a trail of destruction more than 200 miles long. At the time of this writing, ...
by Mike Oliverio Affordable electricity is critical to West Virginia’s economic future. Whether it’s a futuristic hyperloop facility, advanced manufacturing or new data center, they all require significant amounts of reliable electricity at an affordable price. Coupled with ...