MORGANTOWN- Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced the “West Virginia Responsible Data Center Distribution Plan,” a 20-year development strategy for the expansion of data centers across the state, in early August. The plan was introduced by the West Virginia Department of Commerce and outlines ...
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 agenda. The report is bluntly titled "Biden's 2024 Environmental Agenda and its Road to ...
MORGANTOWN – As Mountain Valley Pipeline proponents and opponents await a U.S. Supreme Court decision on two stays blocking its completion, environmental groups are working to block a proposed extension into North Carolina. The project is MVP Southgate (MVPS), extending 40 miles from ...
MORGANTOWN — The U.S. EPA's Good Neighbor Plan released this week requires power plants in 22 states to further reduce emissions by 2027, and EPA projects the plan could lead to retirement of 13% of current national coal-fired generating capacity. The new rule will have a bearing on Mon ...
Last week, the Sierra Club released its legislative scorecard for the 2021-22 sessions. The environmental group uses the scorecard to rate West Virginia legislators based on how they voted on climate- and environment-friendly policies. By the club’s own words, “Bills were chosen based on ...
MORGANTOWN – Twelve adults and three children assembled in front of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's waterfront office building late Thursday afternoon to urge her to support the $3.5 trillion social infrastructure package coming before Congress. They carried banners and signs and inflatable ...