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 – The Senate Energy Committee on Thursday approved a carbon dioxide sequestration bill needed to pave the way for the state hydrogen hub and other carbon capture projects. SB 596 makes code changes needed for the U.S. EPA to grant the state primacy over the EPA for permitting ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Public Service Commission filed extensive comments with the U.S. EPA this week, calling on the agency to withdraw or revise its proposed new greenhouse gas emissions rule for power plants – calling the proposal “unconscionable,” unachievable and an “end-run” ...
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. Carol Miller have teamed to introduce a bill in their respective chambers to stop the U.S. EPA from implementing its proposed new greenhouse gas emissions rule for power plants – a rule they say would force the closure of coal- ...
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. EPA recently responded to a letter from the West Virginia Manufacturers Association joined with seven other business and industry groups from five states to urge the EPA to get the ball rolling on permitting for injection wells used for curbing greenhouse gas emissions ...
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 ...