MORGANTOWN — A bill to create a new state agency designed to promote energy development projects in the coalfields is on its way to the House floor […]
Tag: energy
Manchin says he’s not giving up on permitting reform for energy projects
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is continuing to push for permitting reform language for projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline after the proposed policies were left out of […]
Get ready for winter heating bill sticker shock
For months now, West Virginia’s severance tax collections for energy production — primarily coal and natural gas — have been running way ahead of estimates. The state […]
Manchin promotes his permitting reform bill at the Capitol; says it will be available Wednesday
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Joe Manchin went to bat Tuesday for his permitting reform bill during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol and on the Senate floor. […]
Capito holds off support of Manchin permitting reform bill until she can see it
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin are on the same page on getting the Mountain Valley Pipeline completed. But Capito said on Thursday that […]
Guest essay: A new economy means opportunity for W.Va. and coal country
by Evan Hansen Washington is currently in the home stretch of considering historic investments to help boost the long-term competitiveness of the American economy, which West Virginia […]
IRA a mixed bag, but seems to be worth it
Sen. Joe Manchin’s support for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has given the general populace hope for progress on climate change, health care and tax reform, […]
Manchin, Capito air opposing views on Inflation Reduction Act
MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito are not unexpectedly on opposite sides of the Inflation Reduction Act. Both aired their views Thursday in separate […]
Guest essay: W.Va. needs ‘all the above’
by Bolts Willis Anyone who doubts that West Virginia’s economy is changing perhaps missed yet another announcement of exciting news. The United Mine Workers of America union […]
Heat pumps can save Ukrainians from Putin, rest of us from climate change
by Jacques Leslie Heat pumps aren’t usually considered war-fighting materiel, but these heating-and-cooling appliances could be almost as crucial to the defense of Ukraine as anti-tank and […]
