Texas is currently America’s leader in wind and solar power. It provides 28% of America’s wind energy. If it were a country, it would be the fifth biggest source. Surprisingly, it’s about to eclipse California in production of solar power. And so why aren’t Texas Republicans ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia's -- and the nation's -- clean energy future is being driven by a number of factors, said Nathan Flesher, partner in the energy analysis and research firm McKinsey and Company. The Morgantown native led off a series of experts addressing how West Virginia can ...
by Syd S. Peng As the nation’s transition to renewable energy gains speed, with rapid deployment of wind and solar power and grid-scale batteries, a misguided idea is taking hold: There’s no longer any need for coal generation and coal mining in the United States. Actually, ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House passed bills dealing with distracted drivers, student drivers, attacks on police officers, human smuggling green energy and more on Friday. Here's a rundown. HB 2218 is known as the Electronically Distracted Driving Act and the Robin W. Ames ...
Applications are now available for the 2023 West Virginia Make It Shine Statewide Cleanup. This annual event is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s (WVDEP) Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP). This year's event will be April 1-15 and ...
‘Permitting reform’ more harmful than not Hoppy Kercheval’s column (“Manchin’s Miscalculation,” Sept. 30) repeats claims from Sens. Manchin and Capito, who relied on industry propaganda calling for “permitting reform” and weakening the National Environmental Policy Act ...