MORGANTOWN — The Senate Energy Committee passed a bill on Tuesday that would raise the tax on windmills — with the understanding that the current version isn't the final word on the issue. Wind turbines and towers are currently considered pollution-control facilities and taxed as ...
It’s not easy being green. Yes, the country is moving steadily forward with clean energy sources to replace coal and natural gas. The Inflation Reduction Act passed last year is making billions of dollars available to green energy producers. But there are challenges, lots of them, ...
MORGANTOWN -- In 1907, Steel of West Virginia fired to life in Huntington and started rolling out light rails used by a booming coal industry to push West Virginia to the fore of America’s energy production. They still make those light rails, but now, as Steel of West Virginia’s Kevin ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL Bird-Proofing Wind Turbines Regular readers know that I’ve talked often about wind turbines killing thousands, if not millions of birds and bats every year. I know people believe that wind is the solution to some of our pollution problems, but without ...